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Milford chronicle., 1904-03-25
Telegraphers Demand Increase.

Newark, o.. March 22.-Telegraph.
ers of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
way have voted to to stand by their
demand for an increase in wages. The
vote was canvassed by the general
committee in the presence of H. B.
Perham. president of the National Or
der Of Railway Telegraphers. Thirteen
hundred votes were cast. Mr.. Perham
and 2. W. Vannetta left for Baltimore
TO present the demands to the Balti-
more and Ohio officials.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-25
A REMARKABLE RECORD
Gunners on Kearsarne Do Some Fine
Work at Tarqet Practice.

''''N'S v" tNSaTSdI9S 10 Some Flne
Work at Target Practice.
Washington, March 22.-In a private
letter received at the navy depart
ment from an officer on board the
Kearsarge the following remarkable
record made by that battleship in her
target practice just completed at Pen
sacola is given:
One 1S-inch gun made six hits out
Of seven shots in five minutes and 90
seconds. An eight-inch gun made 10
hits out of 10 shots in five minutes
and 20 seconds and a fve-inch gun
made IS hits out of IS shots in two
minutes. At the navy department this
record was declared to be the best
ever made by an American warship.
and as far as the officials know it has
not been equalled in any foreign navy.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-25
Deranged BY Drink and Shot Himself

Norfolk, Va. March 23.-D Paul
Hughes. secretary of the Duquesne
Mining company. director of the Pitts
burg State Bank and prominent in
Pennsylvania financial matters. shot
himself through the head on the shore
of Malone lake, after writing a note
in which he bequeathed his body to
a medical college. and declared he
was going on a long journey to help
Lieutenant Peary to find the North
Pole. The man had been drinking
heavily since he came here two weeks
ago, and his friends say his mind be-
came so deranged as to be noticeable
some days ago.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-25
AN ENEMY TO THE WHALES
Strange Creature Said to Exist In
Alaskan Waters.

| A@AAA ~ A4AAAA IN
Alaskan Waters.
While operating a fishery on Admit
rally island. Alaska. last summer my
attention and the attention of the fish
ing crew were almost daily attracted to
a large marine creature that would ap-
pear in the main channel of Seymour
canal and our immediate vicinity.
There are large numbers of whales Of
the species rorqual there, and the mon
ster seemed TO be their natural enemy.
The whales generally travel in schools.
and while at the surface to blow one
would be singled out and attacked by
the fish, and battle was soon in or
der.
1t is the nature of the rorquaI to
make three blows at intervals of from
two to three minutes each and then
sound deep and stay beneath the sur
face for thirty or forty minutes.
As whale would come to the sur
face there would appear always at the /
whales right side and just about where 1
his head would connect with the body
great long tail or I'm. Judged by five
fishermen and a number of Indians aft
er seeing it about fifteen times at yari-
GUS distances to be about twenty-four
feet long. two and one-half feet wide
at the end and tapering down to the
water, where it seemed to be about (
eighteen inches in diameter looking
very much like the blade of the fan Of
an old fashioned Dutch windmill.
This great club was used on the back
of the unfortunate whale in such q
manner that it was a wonder TO me
that every whale attacked was not in
stantly killed. Its operator seemed to
have perfect control of its movements
and would bend it back till the end
would touch the water. forming n
horseshoe loop; then with a sweep it
would be Strengthened and brought .
over and down on the back of the a
whale with a whaclS that could he 6
leard for several miles. If the whale
vas fortunate enough to subnerge his
'ody before the blows came the spray =
would fly for a distance Of 100 feet =
rom the effect Of the strike making n q
eport as loud as a yachts signal gun. =
What seemed most remarkable to me y
'as that. no matter which way the -
ttacked whale went or how fast 0be :.
sual speed is about IA knots). that =,
reat club would follow right along %
its side and deliver those ire =,
endous blows at intervals Of about p
ur or five seconds. 1t would always ~
I in from three to FIVE blows at each ~
the three times the whale would :.
me to the surface to blow. The !u
hale would generally rid itself Of the ~ ~
emy when it took its deep sound. es- - -
cially If the water was forty faith 'el
Is or more deep
During the day the attack was al
iys offshOre, but at night the whales ON
'uld be attacked in the bay and col
thin 400 yards Of the fishery. Gre
do not know of any whales being a
led. but there were several that had
at holes and sores on their backs.
the Indians about 1t. | Oh
S told that there was only one. that sion
lad been there for many years and FraI Fl
t 1t once attacked an Indian canoe ',l 1oni
with one stroke Of the great club ,ne '-oii'
shed the canoe into splinters. kill Ron,
and drowning several of its occu- porti
ts.-FOrest and Stream. In
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-25

Habibullah Khan. the Ameer of At
ghanistan, was born in 1872. and sue
ceeded to the throne on the death of
his father. Agdur Rahman Khan. Octo-
ber /. 1901
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-25
Settlement or Publlo Lards

Washington, March 22-In the SEN
ate Mr.. Hoar introduced by request a
bill to organize a colonization bureau.
which, he said. was prepared by Off
GERS of the Salvation Army, for the
purpose Of securing settlement on pub
lie lands. He said it was prepared
upon the advice of the late Senator
Hanna and had he lived would have
been introduced by him. The bill
was referred to the committee on
public lands
Creditors Sell Bankers cof1ns.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, March 21.-Seven.
teen collins were sold to add to the as
sets of John Majkut, the Pittston
banker who is missing with over $40. !
BOO which had been deposited with 1
him by mine workers. The cof1ns 4
brought STA, and a recent sale Of
horses and carriages brought S465-all I
hat the deposftors will probably get
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-25
Wrona couah props I'm 4 Rahv-

York, Pa. March 21.-By the acci.
dental administration of laudanum in
stead of a cough remedy, the 1-year-
Old child Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Camp
BEL is dead at their home in Wrights-
Sille.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-25

You will 10 sten recovery by tsk-
!ns one Of Ayers Pills at bedtime.

A mob Of white men lynched Lewis
jackson, colored, near Tampa Fla. for
in attempted assault upon q 3-year-old
white girl
Herbert ". Johnson. Of Camden. has
been appointed sheriff Of Camden
county, y. J., to fill the vacancy caused
by the death Of Sheriff Mines.
The cruiser Des Moines, in her Off
cial speed trial over the Cape Ann
course. exceeded her contract speed.
making 16.635 knots an hour.
In a rear-end collision between q pas
senger train and freight near Wor-
cester, Mass, three trainmen We're kill
ed and nearly 100 passengers injured.
some seriously.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-25

Of the Russian Trans-Caspian terri
tory says a rumor is current there that
the Ameer Of Afghanistan has been
poisoned.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-25
Tuesday, December g.

President Roosevelt has appointed
Jonas F. Laubenstein to be postmaster
at Minersville. Pa.
Russia and Denmark are the latest
European countries to recognize the
Republic Of Panama.
Mrs. Hattie Sutcliffe and son were
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed their home at Lot Rock, Mich
Eight more indictments in the water
plant scandal have been found against
prominent citizens Of Grand Rapids,
Mich.
The report of the department of
justice shows that 14,30S voluntary ne.
dtions in bankruptcy were filed in the
United States for the year ending Sep
.ember 80.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-25
Wednesday, peeember 9.

Burglars blew open the safe in the
Office of the Garlock-Frazee Laundry
company. at Cleveland. O.. and seonrad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
Boxing Versus Wrestling.

From the London Globe.
The recent interest in wrestling excited by
Hackenschmidts matches with Madrali and
Jenkins has led writer in the Captain to
revive the old question, which of the two
would have the better chance in a fight be-
tween a wrestler and a boxer? In the opin-
ion of the writer the boxer would have but
a small chance of defeating his antagonist
1t is certainly true that if the wrestler once
contrived to come to close quarters he
might exercise his special skill in such
manner as to render the boxer helpless; but
the chances are greatly against his
doing so.
In the days Of the London prize ring,
when wrestling was allowed by the rules
governing pugiistic contests, it was gener-
ally the man WHO was quick and scientific
with his fists that beat the man who relied
principally on closing and throwing And
this would probably be the case today if a
champion boxer were pitted against a
champion wrestler. But for the ordinary
purposes of self.defensa, in the event, for
instance, of a fracas In the street, good
wrestler would have even less to fear than
a good boxer 1t is only the expert pugilist
who is sufficiently quick on his feet to baf-
fe the rushes of man who wishes to close
with him. Wrestling, therefore, is a form
of athletic exercise which deserves support
and it should undoubtedly be more gener-
ally learned than 1T is at present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
Rain After a Battle.
From the Baltimore American.

FROM the Baltimore American.
The question whether rain is caused by
the concussion which occurs in battle is
again under discussion. The only answer
based on facts which can be given is that
sometimes it is and sometimes it is not, the
phenomenon depending on the condition of
the atmosphere when the battle is raging
The atmosphere is sometimes in a condition
when a very slight thing will cause precip-
itation. while at others the condition Is such
that the most tremendous efforts fail to
get response from the clouds. At Lao
yang there was a flood after the fighting.
which compelled the soldiers of both ar
mics to wade in mud for several days, and
during the battle of Sahke river there were
violent thunderstorms with great down.
pours.
This does not establish general princi-
pie. There have been great battles which
were not followed by rain, though, so far
as information is available battles have
been very often followed by rain This
shows tendency of conclusion to precipi-
tate rain, but the atmosphere must be in
sympathy, or there will be no rain. This is
confirmed by the experience of the vine
growers in Austrla-Hungary Italy and
France While they have attracted rain
and driven away hail by their devices Oft
ener than they have failed and have there
by saved many millions of dollars their
work has simply shown that when atmos-
pheric conditions were favorable they were
able to assist nature, and when they were
not favorable they were helpless
Meteorology Is not yet science in any
scientific sense. There is scarcely q prin-
ciple in it established beyond recall, and yet
its votaries are more dogmatic than those
IN any other science. This is perfectly nat
ural 1t is so in the beginnings of all sci
ences, and at the outset of most enter
prises The less that is known the more
there is taken for granted The relation
OF battles to rain is a curious and inter-
esting phenomenon, but it is greatly ham
pered by the lack of accurate statistics
Several governments have made expert
nents for the purpose of producing rain
but none of them has been satisfactory
with the fact to go on that battles do not
always produce rain, the main object of
such e. eriments ought to be to test the
condition of the atmosphere at the time
they are made, so as to show when or I'M
der what conditions it will he possible to
bring rain. The experiments OF the peasants
In Austria-Hungary and the vinegrowers
in Italy and France have been directed to
the practical object of saving their crops
and their success has been satisfactory to
them, as they continue their system from
year to year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
Hours of Work in German Factories.

From the Nofiu Norh-f
Work commences in Germany at 6, $40
or o'clock in the morning, and usually
stops at the corresponding hour in the
evening. The workman has quarter of an
hour for breakfast. from an hour to an
hour and half at noon for dinner, and a
quarter of an hour In the afternoon for
tea. Sometimes, and In some factories the
breakfast period Is not authorized, some
times afternoon tea Is omitted. The average
length of the days work is ten hours. In
the textile industry, 1t may be quarter of
an hour longer. The care of women and
children has concerned the state far more
than the hours of the male workers. Night
work for women is prohibited, nor can they
remain in the shops after $50 on Saturday
afternoon. or on the eve of a holiday. The
law fixes the maximum of the woman's
working day at eleven hours, except on
Saturday and the day preceding HOLIDAYS.
when II Is ten hours. A midday rest of
one hour Is compulsory, and women with
household cares may claim an extra half
hour,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
The Issue of Race.

From the San Francisco Argonaut.
In the twelfth chapter of the Book OF
Judges it is told how the Gileadites slew
forty and two thousand Ephraimites at the
passages of Jordan, because they pro-
nounced .'shibboleth'' ''sibboleth- mat
was a race issue. BY their faulty speech
the forty and two thousand proved them
selves to be of another race, and they were
slain. Read ancient history and learn mat
in the dark backward and abysm of time
the hand of every man of one race was
against the hand of every man of all other
races Stranger meant enemy. alien meant
foe. Then the race issue was at its strong
est. Centuries have passed. Almost uni
versal tolerance has come about. While
races still preserve their national identity.
fngress and egress is for the most part free
and open. The sons of one race mate
freely with the daughters of another.
Without loss of caste or faint of dishonor.
French girl may marry a Neapoiitan,
Swiss maiden a Prussian youth, Norwe
gian Olsen a German Gretchen, Russian
an Austrian. a Spauiard a Portuguese, an
E.nglishman a Scot. The popula ton of the
United States is an amazing composite of
all these and other races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
Monkeys as Gay Ways.


Recently monkey got the better of the
common enemy, the carbon crow by feign-
ing Illness. He was fastened to a bamboo
pole with running ring. When he was on
his perch the crows annoyed him by steal
ing from his porringer on the ground. One
morning they had been specially disagree
able. He closed his eyes and feigned
bad illness. When his days food was
brought him the crows descended upon it,
and he had scarcely strength to defend it.
BY good acting he managed to capture one
OF the crows To pluck it alive was the
obvious course. Then. instead of pulling it
70 pieces, like the king monkey whom Kip
ling and Sir Edward Puck watched enjoying
similar triumph at simla. this monkey
tosseo me cr3w INTO the air. where its own
companions Tell upon It and killed it. Mon
Keys ce,pinly have a sense of fun. Darwin
uSe1 70 spend hours watching a young
.en'ale orang- outang in the geological Gar
Gems, and was sure that she had the comic
sentiment. She delighted to put upon her
head. like 4 cap. peculiar-shaped bowl.
which had a droll effect. and she was sem
sitive to the effect which her joke produced
upon the spectators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

less mouths-these remain faithful to the
old stand. and nothing can move them.
4 *
Mr.. Howe Totten. son of the late Enoch
Totten, who was a prominent member Of
the local bar is well known as a fancier
of that species of canine known as the
Great Dane. Mr.. Totten was plaintiff in
a civil cause tried in Circuit Court NO l
last Thursday. and two of his PETS one
harlequin and the other black. CONSTITUTE
ed part of his evidence. Shortly before the
case was reached Mr.. Totten walked into
the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, followed py
the two animals. each of which Is fuily as
large as a small Shetland pony. The room
was instantly cleared of all human beings
except Mr.. Totten.
Howe" inquired Mr. John r. Young,
clerk of the court. from position OF Sc
curity in rear of counter, now many
dogs like that have your?
only about ten now. Mr.. Iotten re-
Piled. after a moments reflection
Hum Mr.. Young commented, you re
most out of dogs. aren't you?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
The Russians Sacred Ikon.

From the Chicago Advance.
What the crucifix has been to the Church
of Rome the ikon is to the Greek Church
in Russia. 1t is sacred picture of the
Virgin. of Christ, of saint or an angel.
Many ikons are works of art set in jeweled
frames. and are priceless in value. Every
Greek church must have at least two, that
of Christ being given always the place
at the right of the altar. Lights are
burned before the ikons, and there are Of
ferings of Incense No orthodox Greek pass
es the sacred pictures without making the
sign of the cross. No peasants hut is SO
squalid that the ikon is not displayed
somewhere on the smoky wall, with at
least the semblance of an altar before it,
at which the members of the household
perform their deyotionS. In addition to
this, every ship in the Russian navy and
every regiment in the great standing army
has its ikon. which is reverenced by the
officers and sodiery alike. In many cases
these ikonS have been handed down through
many generations, like the historic plate
centuries old. to be found in some of the
regiments of the British army. An Eng
fish writer recently gave a graphic descrip-
ton of the departure of Russian regiment
to the front. The troops were gathered
on the four sides of the public square. in
the center of which a temporary altar had
been erected. On either side of the altar
soldiers were posted. holding ikons on long
poles, WHICH were inclined until they touch
ed. the kons thus being suspended directly
over the altar. They were held there until
the service came to an end. after which
the colonel of the regiment received spe-
cial blessing from the priest and the SOL
emn eXhortati0n, BE true and steadfast"
the soldiers sobbing aloud as their COM
manding officer in return pledged his fealty
to the car and the empire. Many ikons,
in the minds of the superstitious people.
are credited with miracle working pow
ers. Among these one of the most famous
Is that of the celebrated BLACK Virgin of
kazan.' for the reception of which the
great convent of Bogoditskii was especially
built and which Is visited annually by hun
dreds of pilgrims from all parts of the en-
pire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
Intelligence of Dogs.
From wild Sports Of the Highlands.

A shepherd in Scotland, to prove the value
OF his dog, which was lying before the fire
in the house where we were talking, said
to me In the middle of sentence concern
ing something else: I'm thinking sir, the
Cow is in the potatoes" The dog. which
appeared to be asleep. Immediately jumped
up, and leaping through the open window.
scrambled up the turf roof OF the house.
where he could see the potato field. He
then, not seeing the COW. ran and lookeS
into the byre. where she was. and firafng
that all was right came back to the house.
The shepherd said the same thirx again.
when the dog once more made his patrol.
But on the doubt being uttered q third
time 1t got up looked at It's master, and
when he laughed growleA and curlsd up
again by the fire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
eternal Feminine Settles Things.

From the Boston Advertiser.
All those folks who in the past few years
have talked in public and private and writ
ten letters to every newspaper In the coun-
try advising against the game of basket
ball for girls might have saved their breath
to cool their broth. and have possibly put
their writing materials to better uses, for
il seems that young ladies who have taken
part in the game are this year declaring
themselves out of it, and this for such rea-
sons that it makes the hands large and
has a ruinous effect on the disposition,
pecially IL one serves as goal defender. The
eternal feminine can be trusted to come to
the top every time, even though ii seems to
be held in the background now and then
for a time and those who are even now
prea ching against advanced things for
our girls had better take a lesson from this
decline in favor of basket ball and believe
that nature will keep women women for all
that men can door women either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

Haven't you any other Saratoga chips
han these?" asked the regular feeder at
the lunch counter.
Whats the matter with them?" said the
waiter.
They're too nspid. l don't mind their
being made of Eastwood shaved across the
grain I'm used to that. But you ought 10
Try the blamed things in something that's
at least a decent imitation of butter."-Chi-
,.aRn Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
Other Peoples Business.

From Smart Set
Jenny-"Their engagement has been
broken by mutual consent"
Kate-'Isn't that tantalizing. I'll never
be satisfied until 1 find out which one
broke it"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

Hes only fake political reformer"
We'll, he's always preaching for the
greatest good to the greatest number
"Of course. but with him the greatest
number is always number one '-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

Mr.. Harold Macdonald is engaged at
present upon a three-quarter length por-
trait of the late General Candy which Is
to be placed in the drill hall al West
Point. 1t pictures the general In the uni
form of his rank seated i'm a revolving
chair by his desk. At present 1t is little
more than laid in. but it promises to be
both a good likeness and a strong paint
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

Chicago seems to be taking numerically
the lead this winter in art students. well
as other things. At its Art Institute 2.J0u
are enrolled, and elsewhere there are said
to be 4 800 more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

In various shop windows there are now
being displayed a series OF black and white
reproductions of drawings made by the To-
cal sculptor Adolfo di Nesti One Is head
of Brutus and several are Roman scenes.
They bid. of course. for popular favor. and
in some particulars are faulty, but for the
most part they are clever and genuinely
worthy o. note.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

The people of Manitoba have erected in
Winnipeg a statue of Queen Victoria. by
Brampton. the well-known British sculptor.
1t is thirteen feet high and represents the
venerable queen in her coronation robes
seated upon her throne with her scepter
and gloves in her hand.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-19
Notice of The Letting of The Con-
tract to Build a New Court House
For Lee County.

Notice is hereby given that on the LIST
Monday in March, 1904, sealed bids
will be received up till 1900 O'Clock
NJ. for the construction Of a new Court
House for Lee county; such bids must
comply with the plans and specifications
prepared by Architect, p. IL. Weathers
of Jackson, Mississippi, which are now
on file with the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and at the office OF p. H.
Weathers in Jackson, Mississippi. Each
bid must be accompanied with a certi-
fled cheek for $4,000 90 payable to
w. W. Roberts, President of the Board
OF Supervisors OF Lee county as an cyl
dence of the good faith OF the bidder
the successful bidder will be required to
give legal bond for the faithful perform
ance of his contract. The Board of
Supervisors reserving the right to reject
any and all bids.
G. w. LONG, Clerk.