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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

An Albany, n. Y. man who fought
in the war Of 1912 Is cutting new
teeth and getting a new crop OF hair
on top Of his head. He has not gone
so far. however. as 20 put on a Peter
Tomkins waist.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

There is a great deal in this theory
that music may arouse even the feeble
70 manifestations Of intense activity.
Take "Bedelia, " for instance.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

a Russian cartoon represents a big
Cossack spanking a little Jap. Doubt
less the Cossack is saying; Il hate
20 do this. for It hurts me more than
Il does YOU
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

The sultan is very much pleased
with bis new cruiser. lie has had
occasion from time 10 time 10 inspect
30 many visiting war ships thai he
ought 10 know q good one when he
sees a.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

A Boston paper refers 20 the present
spring as "a elimatical c~ataclysm Is
Il any wonder that Boston Is some
times astonished at itself?
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

An eminent physician says that
there Is no such thing as brain fag.
What does be call Il?
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

Possibly those good people who are
moving TO make wars less terrible are
unintentionally moving TO make wars
more frequent.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

A real count has become a real
monk in Bohemia More often they
make monks Of two syllables Of them
selves.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

Approximately speaking. how long
do you think Il will take John l. Sui
Ivan to run through with that $4,000?
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

A man never feels so iattered as
when 4 woman tells him he is the only
man who ever could understand her.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

Don't you know that Defiance
Starch. besides being absolutely sups-
ror 20 any other. is pat Up &c ounces
IN packages ard sells al same prios
- i2ounce packages Of other hndIr
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

The prospect Of the car debating
peace in Toxic seems to have been
Jared out OF plumb.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

A strong point in K~uropatkin's
favor is that his name doesn't sound
like a sneezc.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

II appears that PATHS hacker said
farewell to about $4,000 when she
said farewell 20 America.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

Loss Is sometimes sain-as when
Adam lost that rib.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

There Is something else % DO. girls
han walking through the meadows
with an armful Of flowers.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19
A SHIP
RUSSIANS SCORE THEIR FIRST
DISTINCT NAVAL SUCCESS.
A YOUNG OFFICERS VERY DARING FEAT

creepa Out In launch and Torpedoes
jap Warshlp-Sets Il on Fire, but
Falls 10 Sink lt-Not Known How
Seriously the Cruiser Was Dam.
aged.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-19

Love At first sight supplies a lot Of
~ divnroa indges
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-10-10
COIegio de Ia, Y "a, EnseHanza
Sc admiten aIumn0s internos y
extern0s

SAN JUAN, GALE DEL Sol No Il
Director: PEDRO MOCZO BANIET.
La instruction en- este COLEGIO
tiene un caracter esencialmente prActi-
co y abraza: la ensenanza primaria
complete; la preparation para ingre-
sar en- las Universidades; la ILTNE-
DURLA DE LIBROS, ARITMETT-
ca MERCANTIL, TAQU1GRAFLA
y ESCRIIURA EN- MAQUINILLA,
y por dltimo, Dill ., Pintura y Md
sica. Para la ensenanza del ingles
cuenta este COLEGIO con Ia coopera-
cion de un reputado Professor. FL CO
LEGO tiene su Reglamento Interior
que Sc enviara a los padres que 10
solicitor.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-10-10
BIAS g. 90.

Agentes comisionistass Corredo-
res de Aduana. Repres entantes de
importantes casas de Europa y Estss-
dos-Unidos. Compra y venta de fru-
tos del pats. Sc solicita correspon-
dencia.
Allen, 81 st. p. .. Box 75l.
San Juan, p. r.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-10-10
BAQUERO ! GANDARA
OFRECEN:

Alambre de pdas, rollos de so
libras, rollo. s., SO
Grampas en- barriles de 80 Ii
bras, barril.. S3.OO
Zinc liso para Zorro de 6x3 p,
qu~intal. $3.50
Cemento Dragon en- brls; barril $3.50
Puntas Paris, cajas de 80 libras
tamanos de 2, 2 Y medic, 3, 4
y 5 pulgadas gruesas y inas,
cajas. s2.45
Maiz del pals en- medios sacos, q $3.50
Mani superior en- sacos; quintal So. 90
San Justo Ii Y Is San Juan, Puerto
Rico.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

- - forewe1l. he touched spotty
,,,ttb the single Mexican spur ne wore,
o,d darted away down the rough trail.
1f,,.oo,, watched him out of sight.
The day passed as quickly as its pre-
,a-.or- The main events that
,-,orII.d tbeir course had been the mems
cIsan-up. Lucys gain in strength and
The evidences Of increasing intelligence
in the child. ..,-.-
,,.t'o dietsrce I'D the canyon, rested
there. and in the afternoon came creep
- bscl- with the flush of returning
health on her face. 1t was stlll there
-, Droreau ascended from the stream
bed With his Gun. He had had a good
days work and was JOy1ul' silONi's
+bo fine yellow grains in the bottom of
the rusty tin Then he ncteed her I'M
proved appearance and crled;
why. you look blooming a fel-
1ow'd think you'd panned good days
work too
To himself he said with sudden IN
ward wonder;
"She looks almost pretty. Ana she IS
only 10 1 believe
The next morning he aWalteu lhe
coming Of Fletcher with impatlence- he
had wanted 10 surprise Lucy, naving
only told her Fletcher had gone 10 BUY
a burro and some supplies. But the
morning passed away and ne hau hot
returned. Then the afternoon slipped
bv and Lucy and Moreau took their
supper without him, the latter rather
taciturn. The delay wore on MS pa
tience. His knowledge OF Fletcher was
limited. He had seen him Crunk once
in Sacramento, and he wondered II ne
had gone on a spree and was now ly-
ing senseless somewhere, the contents
of the sacks squandered.
When the next morning had passed
and Fletcher had still not come, his
suspicious strengthened and he began
to think uneasily Of his dust. One sack
fun was a good deal to lose, now that
he had a woman and child on his hands
Lucy, he could see, was also uneasy.
Twice he surprised her standing by the
trail. evidently listening. When even
ing drew on and there were no signs
of him, both were frankly anxious and
oppressed. Suddenly, as they sat by
the box that answered as dinner table,
she said:
Did he have much dust?"
"Yes-one sack Of mine and one Of his
own They're equal to about twelve
hundred dollars each"
She gave a startled look at him and
sat with her mouth a little open, fear
and amaze on her face.
Where's the rest?' she asked.
Moreau indicated the box under the
bunk. At the same moment her sus-
piciOn seized him and he pulled Ii out
and threw up the lid. 1t was empty OF
all save few clothes. Every sack was
gone.
Moreau shut down the lid quietly,
little pale. He was not a man OF quick
mind, and he hardly could realize what
had happened. It was Lucy's voice
that explained it as she said:
He did it while I was out IN the
morning. I went up the stream to that
pool to wash some things at sun Up.
He took it then"
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

hino you. We ought to have put some
thing round her neck"
The baby, it's round eyes intent, one
small red fist still tanning the air,
sucked noisily at the tip of the spoon.
The mother, sitting up on the bunk in
the background, watched it with craned
neck and jealous eye.
Finally, when the meal was over, it
was triumphantly handed back to her,
sticky from end to end but sleepy and
satisfied.
A few hours later, in the star-sown
darkness of the early night, Moreau
started on his twelve-mile walk to the
Porter ranch. The next morning, some
time before midday, he reappeared, red
and perspiring, but proudly leading by
a rope lean and dejected-looking COW.
The problem of the baby's nutriment
was now satisfactorily solved. The
COW proved eminently fitted for the
purpose of its purchase, and though
the two miners had several unsuccess-
full bouts in learning to milk it, the
handy Fletcher soon overcame this
difficulty, and the stock Of the cabin
was augmented by fresh milk.
The baby throve upon this nourish-
lnCnl. LIS CITIES uO lOllSCI QlSluIOeQ tic
serenity of the canyon. 1t slept and ate
most of the time, but kindly consented
to keep awake in the late afternoon
and be gentle and patient when the
men charity passed 1t from hand to
hand during the rest before supper.
Fletcher regarded it tolerantly as an
object Of amusement. But Moreau, es-
pecially since the feeding episode, had
developed a deep, delighted affection
for it. It's helplessness appealed to all
that was tender in him, and the first
faint indications of a tiny formed char
acter were miraculous to his fascinated
and wondering observation. He was
secretly ashamed of letting the sneer-
ingly Indifferent Fletcher guess his sud
den attachment, and made foolish ex-
cuses to account for the trips to the
cabin which frequently interrupted his
mornings work in the stream bed.
Lucy's recovery was slow. The coll
lapse from which she suffered was as
much mental as physical. The anguish
of the last two years had preyed on
the bruised spirit as the hardship of
the journey had broken the feeble body.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

faces eagerly earnest when the first
spoonful was administered. 1t was
tense moment till the tip Of the spoon
was inserted between the infants lips.
Her puckered face took on a look OF
rather annoyed surprise; she caught at
it, and then, with an audible smack,
slowly drew in the counterfeit. The
men looked at each other with heated
triumph.
Takes it like a little man, doesn't
she?" said Moreau proudly.
She wasn't hungry" said Fletcher.
"Oh-h, no! Listen to her smack"
Here, hold up the dipper. Don't
keep her waiting when she's so blamed
hungry"
You're spilling half Of it. You're
getting it on her clothes"
We'll, she don't want to eat any
faster. That's the way she likes to eat
just slowly. suck it out of the spoon.
Take your time. old girl, even if you
don't swallow it ALL"
My. don't she take 1t down nice!
Look alive there. it's running outer the
corner of her mouth"
"Give us that bit of -four sack be-
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

take twentyfour hours, but he's a good
doctor"
The woman shook her head.
"A goat she sobbed, the menace to
her offspring having given her fcti-
tious courage. IF you could get
goat"
"A goat"
The two men looked at each other,
horror-stricken at the magnitude of the
suggestion.
she might as well ask us to get an
elephant" muttered Fletcher morosely.
There's not a goat nearer than San
Francisco"
And it would take US two weeks
anyway TO get one up from there and
across the mountains from Sacramen-
to-" said Moreau.
by the time you got it here it'd be
the most expensive goat you ever
bucked up against" said his partner
disdainfully.
"A Govt" exclaimed Moreau. Say,
Lucy, would a COW do?"
"A GOVT" came the muffied answer;
"oh, II don't need a whole cow"
But cow would do? If / could get
a cow the baby could be fed on the
milk, couldn't it?"
"Oh, yes; it 'ud do first rate"
Very well, I'll get a COW. Don't you
bother any more; I'll have COW here
by tomorrow noon. The baby'll have
to hold out till then, for, not having a
decent horse, I can't get it here any
sooner"
And where do you calk'late to get a
cow?' demanded Fletcher; COWS amt
much more common than goats round
these parts"
"On the Porter ranch. It's twelve
miles off. 1 can go in tonight, rest
there a bit, and by noon be here with
the cow"
And is that baby goin' to yell like
this from now till tomorrow noon?
You nights we'll have a mountain lion
tied up in the bunk
The difficulty was indeed only half
solved. The infants lusty cries were
unabated. The miserable mother, with
tear-drenched face and quivering chin,
sat UP in the bunk and tried to rise and
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

go to it. but was restrained by Mo-
reau's hand on her shoulder.
You stay here and I'll get it." he
said, then crossed to the other bunk,
and gingerly lifted with his huge. hairy
hands the shrieking bundle, from which
protruded two tiny, red fists. jerking
and clawing about, and carried it to its
mother. Her practiced hand hushed 1t
for moment, but its pangs were be-
yond temporary alienation, and its
cries soon broke forth.
IF get up and mix it some -four and
water" she said, feebly attempting to
rise.
What's the matter with us doing
that?" queried Moreau. How do you
do It? Just give us the proportions and
we'H dish it up as If we were born to
it."
Under her direction he put flour in
one of the dippers, and handed Fletch-
er tin cup with the order to fill it with
water at the spring. Both men were
deeply interested, and Fletcher rushed
back from the spring with a dripping
cup, as if fearful that the infant would
die unless the work of feeding was
promptly begun.
Now go on" said Moreau, armed
with the dipper and tin teaspoon;
whats next?"
Sugar" she said; IF you put a touch
of sugar in it tastes better to them"
Here, sugar. Hand it over quick.
Now, there we are. How do you mix
'em, Lucy?"
She gave the directions, while the
men carefully followed, compounding a
white, milky-looking liquid. The cur
cial moment came when they had to
feed this to the crimson and convul-
sively screaming baby.
To forward matters better they
moved two boxes to the doorway,
where the glow of sunset streamed in,
and seated themselves, Fletcher with
the dipper and spoon, Moreau with the
baby. Both heads were lowered, both
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

feet for a moment. then reeled back on
the bunk. with white lips.
Its such weakness" she whis
pered: such weaknessi"
At this moment the baby woke up,
and. lifting UP its voice. began a loud.
violent wall The woman looked in
terror from one man to the other.
"Oh. my poor baby" she cried;
''what'H ] do? Is that one goin' to go
too?"
"The baby's all right" said Moreau.
Don't begin 10 worry about that All
babies cry. don't they?"
'1Oh. my poor baby" she walled, un-
needing, and suddenly beginning to
wiring her hands. Ttn die like Willie.
Itll die, too"
why should il die? What's the mat
ter with IL II was all right this morn
ing. wasn't it," he answered, feeling
that there were mysteries here he did
not grasp.
'Itu die because il don't get nothing
10 eat" she cried desperately. I've
nothing for it. I'm too sickl I'm too
sick. And itn starve. oh, my poor
bs by"
She burst into the wild, weak tears of
AAel AAlhAAiAls lAfA ctbc llAAAASllllE Will tic
now strident yells OF the hungry baby.
The two men looked at each other,
sheepishly. beginning to understand
the situation. The enfeebled condition
of the mother made it impossible for
her to nourish the child. 1t was a pre-
dicament for which even the resource
ful mind Of Fletcher had no remedy.
He pushed back his cap, and, scratch
ing slowly at the front Of his head
looked at his mate with solemn per-
plexity, while the cabin echoed to
sounds Of misery unlike any that had
ever before resounded within fits peace
ful walls.
--Can-can-we get anythingz" said
Moreau al length" any-any-sort of
food. mesc1, eggs-er-er any sort Of
stuff for II TO eat?"
'Eat?" exclaimed Fletcher scorn-
fully: how can ii eat? It hasn't a
tooth"
How would it do il Fletcher went in
TO Hangtown and brought the doctor?"
suggested Moreau, soothingly. "It'n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-04
EFFORT TO PREVENT 4
RAILWAY BLOCKADE

ST. PETERSBURG, March Sit is evil
dent even from the meager information
regarding the Russian dispositions in
northern Korea that the plan for checking
the Japanese land advance is perfected, and
that heavy reserves are being brought up
to the Yalu river. Every energy of the
authorities is now being directed 10 pre-
vent blockade on the Siberian Railroad.
Twenty new sidings, each 2,2O0 feet, are
being erected. Owing to the heavy move
ment OF rolling stock carrying reinforce
ments, war munitions and commssariat
stores eastward. there is great danger that
in bringing back the empty cars the whole
line may be stopped. With the sidings
now building the authorities hope to be
able to keep the line clear and to send
eleven trains in each direction daily. Mail
advices from Siberia say that the reserves
from the rural districts seem to be much
more anxious to go to the front than the
townsmen. Many of the latter are pre-
senting physicians certificates of illness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-04
MISSIONARIES NOT
ORDERED TO MANILA

NEW YORK, March BIN view of the
Washington press dispatches reporting that
Americans in Seoul, Korea, and vicinity
had been sent to the Philippines by direc-
ton of United States Minister Allen, DIR.
III. X Carroll, one of the corresponding
secretaries of the missionary society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. sent the fol-
lowing dispatch to Secretary of State Hay:
Have the missionaries in Korea been
ordered by United States Minister Allen 10
Manila or elsewhere? l respectfully ask in
the interest of the missionary society OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church"
Mr.. Hay replied as follows: Our mis-
sionaries In Korea have been advised TO
consult with Minister Allen and when prac-
ticable to follow his indications. This move
ment does not assume to order their move
ments, but in time of war the legation OPP
portunities for protection are limited by
hostile movements and by difficulties of
communication, so that prudence is advis-
able, having in view the safety of mission
aries and families"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-04
FOUR DEATHS INSTEAD
OF THREE IN 4 RIOT
Many Negroes Wounded in
Wednesdays Race Conflict in
the Indian Territory.

FORT SMITH, Ark, March Sin addi-
ton to John Hopper ]. c. Butler and c. a.
Blevins, white men, Walter Jackson. a
negro, was killed in a conflict between
whites and blacks at Bokashee, l. T.
William Price, one of the negroes shot, is
at hospital here. He says the negroes
were ordered out Of the camp and went
They returned the day following, armed
and ready to resist an attack Seventeen
of them were, standing in a group on the
depot platform, awaiting the arrival of a
train, when one OF the white men shot at
jackson. who returned the fire Both men
dropped dead Both whites and blacks then
began shooting, the latter scattering in all
directions and seeking places OF safety.
Their flight put stop TO the conflict. Price
saws many were wounded.
The negroes were employed on the Mid
land Valley Railroad. and their presence was
objected to by the white laborers. who de-
clined 10 work with them. Everything is
now quiet, though there is an undercurrent
of excitement in the vicinity of the camp.
a party OF six negroes who took part in
the riot arrived later, and the police, under
instructions from Territory officials, rounded
them up
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-04

offered by either side both operators and
miners are beginning to look for such an
end II is stated with absolute certainty by
the operators that the present scale will
not be reaffirmed by them and the miners
as stoutly maintain that they will not take
10 per cent. reduction. These two facts
are stated as the only certain things known
as to the final outcome.
The seriousness Of the situation is fully
realized by both miners and operators. 1t
Is generally felt that prOOnging the fight
may have good results and in the end
avert strike. Some of the more con-
sentative believe that a settlement is only
q question of time on tho grounds that
neither side can afford a strike and must
necessarily sign q scale before leaving the
city. The end Of the deadlock is now hardly
expected before Saturday night, although
there are hopes that to-day may bring
forth results.
SESSION OF CONVENTION.
A session of the convention may be held
tomorrow afternoon if the subscale COM
mittee can thresh out anything to report
10 the waiting delegates. Every day the
miners keep their delegates in the city is
costing them several thousand dollars, and
consequently there is a desire to have a set
tlement as soon as possible.
There Is considerable speculation as to
what compromise will be made. If events
should take this course. 1t is generally
believed that 1t will be in the neighbor-
hood of about per cent. reduction on the
present scale.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-04
ITO'S SON-IN-LAW TO
GALL ON ROOSEVELT

NEW YORK, March 3-Baron Suyematzu,
sOn-in-law of Marquis Ito, of Japan, who
arrived in this city yesterday on his way to
England. went to Washington to-day on a
brief visit. 1t was learned that he had pre-
viously arranged. through Minister Taxa
hira, for a meeting tomorrow with Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Hay. He
will return tomorrow night and will sail
Saturday on the Lucania. Before his de-
parture to-day Baron SuyematEu said re-
garding the suggestion of Nj. Gabriel Hano-
taux, ex-foreign minister of France, for in
tervention in the Russo-Japanese war:
Il have q great regard for NJ. Hanotaux
and he has probably good intention, but
the carrying out of his plan would mean a
great injury to Japan. We cannot give up
our arms in this half-hearted way after
having resorted to them only when all 9TH
er expedents for a settlement failed. ] will
not say that the time may not come when
proposals will be acceptable to us, but they
should not he spoken of before a year or
perhaps two years"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-04
SUEZ CANAL BLOCKED;
RUSSIANS SINK CUTTER

PORT SAID, Egypt, March 3.-As result
of a collision between a Russian torpedo
boat and an Egyptian revenue cutter at
Kantara in the canal. the cutter was sunk.
There We're no casualties. The Russians
stood by and saved the crew. The canal
will be blocked for at least fourteen hours
Three of the four Russian torpedo boats
which returned here yesterday after having
sailed ostensibly for Algiers, were con-
siderably weather beaten. They were re-
ordered to leave port.
The Russian ships at Port Said and Suez
repeatedly overstay their time limit in spite
of the protests of the government.
BERLIN, March 3.-Adyices received here
from St. Petersburg to-day say that new
orders have been sent to Admiral Wirenius
to keep his squadron in the Red sea for
the purpose OF watching passing war yes
sells and TO capture vessels carrying con-
traband of war.