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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-10

ST. PEIEKSBt hc, Feb. 10, 0:ZO n
MA second telegram has been re-
ceived from Viceroy AIexieff. 1t is
dated Feb. 81, and says: "a japanese
squadron of fifteen battIeships and
cruisers to-day began to lombard
Port Arthur. The fortress replied and
the squadron weighed anchor i'm or
der to participate i'm the battle"
A third telegram from the vicerOy
says that after "a bomba rdment last
ing one hour the Japanese squadron
ceased it's fire and steamed south
ward. "Our LOSSES" the viceroy
continues, "Are two naval officers
and ffty-One men wounded and nine
men killed and on the coast batteries
one man killed and three wounded.
"During the engagement the battle
ship PoItava and the cruisers Dinna,
Askold and NOvik were each dam
aged on the water line. The damage
to the fortress was not important,
Admiral AIexien, ampIifying his
first telegram to the Czar the tor
pedO boat action, now teIegraphs as
follows; 81 most humbIy report TO
your Imperial Majesty that the three
injured vessels were not sunk, nor
were their boilers or their engines
damaged. The CZarevitch received "a
hole i'm her steering department and
her rudder was damaged. The Ret
vizan was damaged i'm her pumping
apparatus under the waterIine and
the Pnlada was injured amidshipS.
not far from her engines. After the
explosions the cruisers hastened i'm
mediatcIy to their assistance. and in
spite of the dark night measures
were taken to bring the damaged
vessels 10 the hnrbor. We had no
loss i'm officers. Two marines were
killed, five were drowned and eight
were wounded. The enemy's torpedo
boats received heavy fire. Two un-
exploded torpedoes were found after
the attack"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-10

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1O.-The
following official bulletin has just
been issued i'm the form of a telegram
from Viceroy AIexief's chief of staff,
dated Feb. %:
'.By order of the vicerOy 4 beg to
report that this day, at about IL
o'clock i'm the morning, a japanese
squadron, consisting of about fifteen
battleships and cruisers, approached
Port Arthur and opened fire.
"The enemy was received with N
cannonade from the shore batteries
and the guns of our squadron, which
also participated i'm the engagement.
"At about midday the Japanese
squadron ceased it's fire and left, pro-
cecding south.
'Our losses i'm the fleet were two
officers wounded. On the shore bat
teries one man was killed and three
were wounded.
'The bnttIcship PoItava and the
cruiser Novik each had hole
knocked in her side below the water
line.
sThe forts were slightly dam
aged. MAJOR GENERAL FLUG."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-10

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 9.-AdmirnI
AlexieR to-day notified the Czar that
the Japanese bad attacked the Rus
sian fleet at Port Arthur. The vice.
rOy's dispatch follows:
'T most respectfully inform your
Majesty that at or about midnight OF
upon the Russian squadron i'm the
outer roads OF the fortress Of Port
Arthur, i'm which the battIeships Ret
vizan and Czarevitch and the cruiser
PaIIada were damaged. An inspec-
tiOn is being made to ascertain the
character of the damage. Details are
following for your Majesty"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-10

CONTINUED on PAGE ). COL. Sd
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
Bill NYa,g Cow al.

Bill Nye, the humorist, once had COW
to sell, and advertised her as follows:
Owing to my ill-heaith, will sell at my
residence, in township 10, range Is, ac-
eordIng 20 the governments survey,
one plush raspberry COW, aged eight
Fears. She is Of undoubted courage and
sises milk frequently. To man who
does not fear death in any form she
would be great boon.
s.Shs is very much attached to her
present home with stay chain, but she
will be sold I'd anyone who win agree
to treat her right. She is one-fourtfl
shorthorn amt three-fourths hyepa. I
will also throw In q double-barrei shot
gun which goes with her. In May she
usually goes away for q week or two
and returns with tall red calf with
Wabbly legs. Her name Is Rose. / would
rather sell her to a nonresident. Ne
arasKa State Journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
Gnnd for En- GLAND

The i'll wind which is blowing to-
ward Russia is likely to be of some
good to an English industry which has
been none too brisk of late years. A
few OF the wooden mills of Lancashire
and Yor'- shire have recently receive
large orders from the Japanese gov
eminent for flannels for their troops
end the fortunate manufacturers are
working at the highest pressure 70
fulfill the contracts. The familiar
stone-built factories ii the Coughs and
val7evs on the Yorkshire side OF the
Penptt1e range are especially busy,
several being at work night and day.
The extent OF the orders would seem
to indicate that the japanese have
made up their minds to face a long
campaign in the cold REGIONS of Man-
cburfa.-London Pail Mall Gazette.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
THIS Dog IS A TRAVELLER.
Prime Favorite with Railway En-.
ployes aud Seems to Know
the Timetable.

For two months +, ky travelled every
day between Garden City and Hemp
stead. He would appear on the station
platform at just the right time TO take
train, and always seemed to know
the exact time scheduled for the COM
ing in or goiag out of the various
trains Where he kept his timetable
nobody knew, but he evidently had
one, writes Evelyn Nicholas Kerr, in
Roxy-Train Man." in st. Nicholas.
One day he was missing ID there
was CONSERVATION among the men,
who had grown fond of him. For two
days nothing was heard of him, and
grave looks were exchanged when the
question was asked many times DUR
Ing those two days: Seen anything Of
Roxy"
Then came good news, for IL was
learned he had extended his travels
He had gone as far as Long island
City, stayed all night, taken several
rides on the ferryboat next morning.
gone into the dock and played around
the engines, then back to the station,
and from the many trains standing
there had picked out the Hampstead
train and ridden gaily home on the en-,
CINE. How glad the men were to ses
him at that end Of the line! This was
his first ride on the engine, and it soon
became his favorite place Sometimes
he would ride in the passenger coach.
occasionally he rode in the baggage
car: but more often he was found ia
his favorfte place, the engine. There.
perched on the seat on the fireman's
side-he never thought Of going on
the engineers side, where, of course
he might be in the way-with two
paws firmly braced on the sill, h.
watched the country as the train swept
by.
Life now flowed along smoothly for
Roxy. The conductor kept his WORT
and spoke to the boys" and the re-
suit was handsome nickel-plated col.
lar made to order for the dog. On one
side of the collar Is brass plate
bearing the single werd in large lets
ters. TRAINMAN. On the other sids
is similar plate On which are en-
graved the words:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
WERE EXPENSIVE LUxURIEs
Alteration Between Grocer and Bel
igerent Customer Made Small
Purchases Cost Much.

Il EneW a case where a basket OF
grapes and quart Of oysters cost $50, 9
| SAID Attorney Jacob Ingenthron, in the
Chicago Daily News. They were not
a very superior sort of grapes, nor a
specially high-class brand of oysters
just about the ordinary kind of both
commodities. What made them sc
expensive was the natural desire Of
two persons who have quarrel to get
even with each other.
"one Saturday night Mrs. Schultz was
going home with a basket of grapes.
She went into Schaefer's store to buy
a quart of oysters. She set her bas-
ket On the counter and asked for what
she wanted. When she got them in
the usual paper pail she opened it, be-
fore paying, to examine them. She
did rot like the looks OF them. In
tact, she became SO indignant and ex-
cited at sight of those oysters, thar
she upset the pail, accidentally or
otherwise, throwing some of the oy-
sters On the counter, and most of them
in the sawdust on the floor. Then
she refused to pay for them.
ssschaefer got mad and seized her
basket Of grapes, saying he would Feep
it instead Of his oysters. She called
him fraud and sWindler, and he
elected her from the store.
Then Mrs. Schultz went to the
nearest police station and had five
warrants made out against him for as
sault and battery, malicious mischief
threats to kill, common assault and
disturbance of the peace, Schaef er
was arrested and had to give bonds
for his release, costing him five dol
lars. Next morning. when his case
was called. he took a continuance,
costing him five dollars more, five dol
lars also going to his LAWYER.
"Apno-ed ut this bother and ex-
pense, schaefer had Mrs. Schultz ar
rested on five different warrants far
malicious mischief, wi1lful destruction
of property. assault and battery
threats to kill and disorderly conduct
When she was brought in her case was
continued to the same day as his. ard
she also had to give bond for her ap-
Dearance, costing her five do'1ars- with
I've dollars more to her lawver Wien
the eases came up again beth sides
said they wanted time to bring W.T.
1esees So the eoses were continued
once more, with Ave dollars apiece
more to their LAWYERS. When the eas~e
fnally came up and were dtsnnsed of.
both schaefer and Mrs. Schultz were
nut under peace bonds, costing them
$3.50 each.
$50 that is how BASKET Of grapes
and q'7art Of oysters cost sE2. Bur.
then. of course, there was thrown In
the excitement of 'itisatinn. with the
sustaining mutual hope, based on tire
qIerions uncertainty Of he law OF
each size seeing the other nr,~fshed.
The ovsta-s. s sold. vrra spi7las A.
for the cranes don't know whrf be
came o. them. bu+ fey must have
tasted extremely s~ir's
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
OCTOBER PLEASANT MONTH
Data on Weather Record for the Last
ThirtyThree Years Cath
cred by Prof. Coz.

Data for the month Of October for the
last 33 years have been gathered by
Prof. Henry J. Cox, of the Chicago sta
ton Of the weather bureau, reports the
Daily News, showing that the month
has been on an average the pleasant sea-
son 1t is supposed to be- The mean or
normal temperature during that period
was So degrees, while the average num-
Der of clear days was Il, of partly cloudy
days 10, and of cloudy days 9. The aver
age precipitation is set at 2.58 inches.
The warmest October came in 1900,
when an average temperature of 81 de-
grees was noted, and the coolest October
was that of 1895 with an average tenn
perature of 46 degrees. The warmest
October day was October Is, 1897. when
the mercury reached 81 degrees, and the
coolest day was October %, 1887, when it
dropped down to within IA degrees of
zero. October Is is set as the average
date for the first killing" frost of au-
tnmn. The greatest precipitation for
the month was 7.36 inches recorded in
1883 and the least was .1s inch in 1897.
Theg reatest snowfall recorded in any
81 consecutive hours during October oc-
Cured October II, 1896, and measured
three inches. The greatest precipitation
Of any kind during "a consecutive oc-
fober hours was found to be 2.55 inches,
October 10 and 20. 1877 Prevailing
winds have been from the south and the
average hourly velocity was reckoned at
II miles. The high velocity of So miles
All hour was attained by gale from the
southeast October Il. 1888. Prof. Cox
points out that the statement of average
conditions must not be taken as fore
cast for the coming month.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
Plenty eR Farm Land.

The available farm land In Indian ter
ritory il estimated at 15.000.o0 acres.
These figures are taken from the records
OF the Dawes commission. OF this Is
per cent. was in cultivation last year.
There are about 10000 acres Of land
where pine Is found IN commercial guam
titles, and there is an abundance of hard
woods Of all kinds. The latest statistics
obtainable give the value of farm ami
mails at s55.00o,0eo. The per cent. of
the population engaged In agriculture is
exceeded in only three states-Missis-
sippi. Oklahoma aud ADMINISTRATORS
City Journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
WATERS GREAT PRESSURE.
Test with a Diving Bell Which Col,
lapsed at Depth Of Two
Hundred Feet,

In a scrapyard at Pittsburg lies 8
shape1ess mass of iron which shows the
tremendous pressure Of water at q grea.
depth. It was constructed for diving
bell and was used In the waters of Lake
Michigan, says the New York Herald
It was a cube about six feeB square.
and was made of phosphor bronze five,
eighths Of an inch thick. Each plate
was cast with a fange, and the plates
were boIted together. the bolts being
placed as near as was consistent with
strength.
The side plates were further strength.
ened by ribs an inch thick and tive
inches wide, and the entire structure
was strongly braeed. The windows. In
tended to be used as outlooks for the
divers inside, were three inches square
fortified with iron bars and set with
glass plates one inch thick. The entire
weight OF the bell was $4,000 pounds.
When completed It was sent to MIL.
waukee and towed out into the lake
about Il miles. where there was over
200 feet Of water, and sent down for tbs
test.
The inventor was so confident OF its
success that he was most anxious 20
go down in the bell when the trial was
made. Fortunately for him he was dis
suaded.
When it reached depth of about 200
feet strong timbers which had been at
tached to it came up splintered into
fragments Suspectfng an accident, the
bell was hauled up and found It'd be
crushed into shapeless mass
The inch-thiek plate glass bullseyee
were pulyerized and the entire body Of
the bell forced inward tirl the origina.
shape was obliterated On q basis of
200 feet depth, the pressure that crushed
this seemingly inyu1nerable structure
was 86.6 pounds per square inch. The
total pressure on the cube was 2,723.-
54s pounds, or 1851 tons.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
A sPITEFUL MONUMENT.
SHIP on Maine Coast THAT Was Sawed
In Two and Left by Own
ars TO Rot.

The old Spite boat" on the beach at
Grand Manan, Me-, Is a striking illus
.ration of how far the stubbornness of
some people ia carried. Rather than
,one to an agreement as to her value.
her joint owners decided to allow the
raft to rot on the beach. says the New
York Press.
The boat was the property of two
Canadian fishermen, who made living
~ catching pollock and cod In the
Bay Of Fundy until a disagreement
arose. Then each wanted to buy the
interest of the other in the little
schooner. This was q simple enough
proposition, 1t seemed. but the owners
eouId not agree upon the valuation for
the craft, and finally one Of them, joe
Britt, proposed to take his half Of the
boat and thus end the dispute.
How this was to be done puzzled the
other partner and also the natives. but
It was made perfectly clear one day
ahen Britt appeared on the beach
armed with q big crosscut saw. The
other owner had agreed to go
Halves" and Britt proceeded at once
to saw the boat IN two. exactly amid
ships. It was slow work, but the saw
Inally did the Job, and the schooner lay
there, neatly severed in halves.
It was supposed that each owner
would build another half upon bis Sec
ton, thus making for each q whole boat,
out they never have done so. and to this
lay the schooner lies In two halves, rot
Ting away On the Grand Manan beach.
IN object of curiosity and monument
% stubbornnege
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
ON A TIRE TO THE MOON.
Some of the Odd Things One Might
Come Across During Such
Voyage.

How would you like to take 8 trip Is
the moon? It would be long journey,
taking more than six months il you
went with the speed of an express train:
or If you travelled with the swiftness Of q
ball from a modern cannon, it would
take about as long as trip across the
Atlantic in a fast steamer says the au-
thor of Mature and Science" in st.
Nicholas. Under average atmospheric
conditions, a large telescope gives uD
view of the moon as it would be with
out the telescope at distance Of 800
miles from us.
The necessary outfit for the journey
must be much more extensive than for
any trip on the earth, even the trip TO
the north pole. There will be no chance
to live OF the country" In addition to
warm clothing and food you must carry
with you all you need to drink, and the
problem of keeping It from freezing or
thawing out if frozen viii not bean easy
one to solve. There is practically no air
on the moon, and you must take along
supply for breathing. II you expect to
make fire and cook your dinner you
must take, in addition TO fuel. an addf-
tiona1 supply Of air to keep your fire go
ing.
But suppose that IN some way you ara
landed on the moon with a supply OF
things necessary for sustaining life. II
you are on part Of the moon gu which
the sun is shining, you will marvel, per-
haps, first Of all, at the dazzling bril-
lance Of the sunlight and the intense
blackness Of the shadows. Everything
in the shade will be In almost total dark
ness, as there is no ais. flied with little
dust particles to scatter the sunlight SO
that It may illuminate the places out OF
the direct path of It's rays
And what q sense Of desolation will
present itself to your view! The Desert
Of Sahara would look like luxuriant
park in comparison with the lunar land
seape. Not a blade OF grass, not tree,
or brook, or lake-nothing but vast,
stony, silent desert There are plains,
not quite as level as our western prairies
and great numbers Of mountains, most
of them much sleeper than those on the
earth; they are not grouped In long
ranges, as our terrestrial mountains gem
orally are but are scattered all over the
surface, singly and IN irregular groups.
Most Of them are shaped more or less
like our terrestrial volcanoes. and they
probably were volcanoes ages ago, be-
fore the moon cooled off,
Il you happen to land on part Of the
moon where 1t Is early morning yon
will have plenty OF time for explorations
before night comes on. The sun rises
and sets as it does on earth. but the time
between sunrise and sunset is nearly Is
of our days. Then during the long
lunar night our earth will act like thu
moon, and will light up that part of the
moons surface which is turned toward
It. Only there viii be this curious diff
ference: 1t will not rise and set, but win
remain nearly stationary In the same
region of the sky. From the side Of the
moon witch is always turned away from
us the earth, OF course, can never be
seen at all.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
THE cHINAMAN AT EASE.
When He Casts OF the Cares OF the
World He Becomes Dig
nided Being.

With the summer weather the China
| man comes before us prominent in his
artistic silks and IN his native naked
| ness. His temperament also becomes
noticeable feature to the obseTVant
foreigner and the manner in which he
takes his pleasure contrasts marvellous
" with that of the energetic occidental
human being.
In the early hours of the morning, says
the Shanghai Times, when the rays OF
old Sol are tempered with the dissipat-
ing deWs of night, the wealthy native
as well as the worker of low degree may
be seen carrying the cage containing his
fayorite singing bird to the native gar
dens or other e-embowered spot and
listening in contemplative ecstasy to
the joyous greeting which his Gagged
friend pours forth to the coming glory
OF the day.
AS soon as the golden beams become
oppressive he retires to his domicile,
whether to labor or sleep tbs hard to tell.
In any case, he is wise, for has he not
caught the beauty Of the grandest part
.
Again, when sunsets glow has fallen
dead in the west, the Chinaman pours
forth to his diversion. To stand for
hours with waving fan on the curb Of
our efty's thoroughfares watching the
procession of vehicular and pedestrian
traffic brings him apparently the de-
light which Londoner can obtain from
lord mayors show, daily repeated,
while volunteer parade brings him
forth in numbers proportionate to the
metropolis myriads called out by royal
pageant.
Thus in dignided, eontemp1atiye man
ner does the Chinaman display his
idiosynerasy of p1easure-taking Again.
the native Of younger blood, imbued with
a tinge of foreign taste, rushes madly
through the streets on the whirTing
wheel or drives, Iuxuriously reclining
in his smartly appointed carriage be-
hind the fastest trotting pony, steered
by a reckless native jehu, which his
means are able to procure.
The visitor to the various public re-
sorts of the Chinese in the settlements
will invariably gain an interesting in
sight into the Chinaman and his pleas
ure-taking, and one striking feature can
not pass unnoticed. Whether coolie,
merchant, Office boy or mandarin in pub
lie, the Chinaman at play is invariably
respectable. One hears much of the ma
tive immortality, bur deeorum when il
the public eye, and absolutely moral be-
havior characterizes even the biggest
rake among the Cinnamon of our set
Elements. Drunkenness is vice which
is usually kept within doors, as are all
other reprehensib1e practices.
Quarreling is almost an unknown
thing in public resorts. Never does one
witness anything approaching the col
1ege student of Europe on the rampage,
or AIRY and 'Ariet on bank 'oliday
tear. The Chinaman takes his pleasure
rs he takes his business. with a calm. cal
culating philosophy which constitutes
one Of his greatest variations from the
habit of mind of the Vivacious Euro
pean
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
Vast Fortune Il Not Riches.

To be engulfed IN ones occupation.
swallowed up in complicated lie.
harassed by the striving and strain
ing, the worry and anxiety which Sc
companies a vast fortune, is not TO be
rich. Time and opportunity and incIi-
nation to help others are the most
valuable things Ii tie world, ana If
you cannot seize these. if you canno.
utilize them to your own enlargement
your own besterment, you are poor
indeed. although you have millions in
the bank-Suceess.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
Pa ssing MOI archs.

There are is throne. in Europe. and
eight now promise to pass from father
to sen. The latter are those of Great
Britain, Germany, Denmark, Portugal.
Norway and Sweden. Bulgaria, Rus.
STA and italy. The sultan may be sue,
ceeded by brother, aud the king OF
sDafa by d sister. The emperor OF
Austria. the king Of Belgium and the
king of Roumania look to nepheWs.
while the ruler of Holland has no Wis.
fble successor at present.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
Which ona It WINS

This custom of having two tells
phones in the office has its disadyan.
tages. too" said the business man
We've got o new Office boy, and one Of
his duties is to answer the telephone
The other day he heard the bell ring
and. coming to me. said: You're want.
ed at the phone by lady
Which one?' inquired, thinking oil
the phones. of enf1rse
8 Please, SIR stammered the boy. I
ii think it's your wife. " Portland
Express.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
Island of 2lacL na4r

One Of the queerest corners of the
earth Is Chatham island. on the coast OF
Ecuador, Capt. Reinman, who recently
visited 1t to inquire into the proper
grounding Of deep sea cable, says It
abouads In cats, every one Of which Is
black These animals i've in the crew
Ices Of the lava foundation near the
coast, and subsist by catching fish and
eraDs instead OF rats and mice. Boston
Transcript
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-11-12
ara FAR Rim.

"Tha trouble with women said the
red-faced man, is that they amt got
any sense Of humor.
4 suppose" said the timid little
woman. ssthat that's the reason why
we never laugh at our nusbauss- -
&. Paul Globe.