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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-06-25
VLADIvOSTOK SQUADRON OUT
RUSSIANS TRY TO MENACE THE
JAPANESE TRANSPORTS.
May Remain Out Three or Four
Weeks-Detals Given Of Capture of
Two Japanese Transports - Rus
slams Sink Transport Carrying Sick
and Wounded.

Toxic, June 2l--The Russian 81.
berian squadron from Vladivostok
was sighted again at noon yesterday
off Main island in the sea OF Japan
but was apparently following out
prearranged plan, as the vessels
steamed at about IL knots speed slow
ly toward the northwest, paying no at
tentiOn to the shores. Judging by their
position in the water they are heavily
laden and it is supposed that before
leaving Vladivostok on this last trip
they filed all their reserve bunkers
with coal so that they can keep out
of port for not less than three weeks.
In spite of the menace TO their trans
port feet the Japanese officials here
declare that their original plans will
be carried out. no matter what the
cost They declare there is no chance
for the Port Arthur squadron to make
sortie to join Admiral Skrydloff, as
Admiral Togo has SO disposed of his
ships about the harbor mouth nat
any vessels putting out will be sunk
before they are even cleared of the
road stead.
| Additional details of the attack on
! the Japanese transports by vessels of
| he Russian Vladivostok squadron
! have been received which in some re-
spects differ from the earlier stories.
1t is not true that the Russians fired
on the defenseless boats after they
had signifed they would surrender,
Both craft were trying to escape when
fred on On Wednesday last the trans
ports were steaming along at the rate
of Is knots an hour and were about 70
miles from Mill when the lookout on
the Hitachi Maru reported three Rus
sian cruisers just ahead. The trans
Dorts turned forthwith and started
back at full speed The Russian cruis-
er Rossia was the first to see the trans
ports and her commander started in
the chase at the same time opening
fire on the Hitachi.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-06-25
Superior Speed of Russians.

For a time it seemed as though the
ships would escape, but finally the SUI
perior speed of the Russians began to
tell and slowly but surely the ROssIa
began oyerhauling the vessels. She be-
gan firing while 200 meters distant and
kept it up until within 500 meters from
the Htachi, when ten shells struck the
latter in rapid succession, disabling
the ship and killing many men. Having
accomplished this the Russians passed
on and torpedoed the Sado Maru. LeaV-
ing the latter disabled they returned TO
the Hitachi and poured a heavy fire
of shells into her.
The Hitachi was finally torpedoed
and sank While the Russians were
dealing with the Sado, about so of the
Hitachi crew loaded boats and es-
capped, finally reaching land. All of
the others who remained on board lost
their lives.
In the meantime all was confusion
on board the Sado. but finally 600 sue
ceeded in lowering the vessels boats
and escaped, the Russians making no
effort to stop them. The 400 who re-
manned on the sinking craft, deter
mined to go down with her, were great
ly surprised when the Russians sailed
away without further moIesting the
steamer. The Sado drifted along with
her decks nearly awash, finally bring
ing up on the beach in the Kosada
straits, where the survivors got ashore
without the loss of a man.
After leaving the two transports
the Russians encountered the Izumi
Maru, which was bringing sick and
wounded from ChinampO, and sank
her, How many were lost on the lat
ter craft is not yet known.
st. Petersburg June 2t.--Under date
of June 20, Vice Admiral Skrydloff
sent the following message to the en-
peror:
'The cruiser division has reached
Vladivostok without losing any men or
sustaining any damage.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-06-25

Just at present it is not the Rus
sian arms, but the Russian legs which
are robbing the Japanese of victory.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09
QUEER MARINE CREATURES.
Caught on Galveston; Smithsonian
Institution Asked TO Classify IL

There is on exhibition in Galveston
one of the queerest II h known TO stu
dents OF that form of life. II was
caught by a sailor on one Of the Gulf
fisheries schooners of the banks OF
Campeachy and brought to Galveston.
The fish is about three feet long, a
foot wide. and weighs twenty-three
pounds. II is the first OF its kind ever
seen in that section, and mariners who
have Travelled and fshed all over the
South Gulf Of Mexico never saw any
thing like IT, The description OF II
seems 10 include that OF at least four
other species OF sea inhabitants.
The tail / very much Ike that Of a
jack fish, while the fms on the back
are very similar TO those OF tarpon.
The FIRST three bones OF the back fin
extend a great distance, and finally
grow smaller into mere hairs. The
scales are cf the exact representation
OF those Of the red snapper Astounding
IN the waters near Galveston. The in
side OF the mouth has much OF the for
nation OF the mouth OF a drum fish.
but the exterior works on the plan OF
a telescope, and looks exactly like the
snout OF a pig The mouth contains
a large feshy tongue. for all the world
like the tongue OF a human being.
The fish has two separate rows Of
teeth, approximately fifty in each Of
the Jaws. From the upper jaw there
extend downward three tusks on the
order OF boar in miniature. while
from the lower jaw two or more OF the
teeth dovetail iato the openings left
between those In the upper Jaw.
The tusks are one inch In length.
Over the gills 4 bony formation grows
which very much resembles the forma-
tor Of part OF the tail.
tangest perhaps OF all 10 the col
or OF the fish. The tail and back ems
are black and white streaked. while
the greatest part OF the body is OF the
peculiar color OF the red snapper. Just
In front Of the gills Is a spot Of yellow.
A number OF authorities on fish have
examined the strange creature which
some of them declare Is not fish but
a strange marine creature. The speci-
mon ia being preserved and full do
scription and picture OF the fish have
been forwarded to the Smithsonian
Institution. Whether II Is freak OF
nature or a specimen ~ new and
unheard OF fish none % the local au-
thorities - willln~ 10 decide but tho
majority IS inc'ncd 20 accent as a new
spec NEW hecause r Is perfectly form
cd and heor.s o.her frh reserblng
TIE ore Her. seen in the
ur one WIS
broa very er
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09
Lottery For tho BrItish Museum.

Few people know that the British
museum owes its first ways and
means to the proceeds of a public
lottery. Professor Sir E. Maude
Thompson, in Leisure Hour, tells
that this was so. In 1853 an act was
passed entitled IAN act for the pur-
chase of the museum or collection
Of Sir Hans Sloane and of the Har-
leian collection of manuscripts and
for providing one general repository
for the better reception and more
convenient use of the said collections
and of the COttonian library and of
the additions thereto. The sum of
ego, 600 was to be paid for the Sloane
collection and f1O, 600 for the Har-
leian manuscripts The Cottonian
library was already public property.
A sum of $500, 600 was to be raised
by public lottery, and 100, 600 tick.
cts were to be issued at f3 each.
Out of the funds thus obtained the
sum of f200 600 was TO be allotted as
prizes, and the remaining 600, 00O,
after defraying the expenses of the
lottery, was to be applied to the pur-
poses of the act, the sum of ESQ, 600
being set aside and invested for the
payment of salaries of officers and
servants, the custody of the collec-
tons and the future repairs of the
buildings What would be thought
and said of raising the wind for any
national institution by such means
nowadays?
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09
STATELY VERSE.

n Mary goes far ont TO sea,
BY wavward breezes famed
I'd like 10 know-can you tell me?-
Just where would Maryland.
II Tenny wet high up in air
And looked DER land and lea
Looked here and there and every
where,
Pray, what would Tennessee?
| looked out Of the window and
Saw Orry on the lawn;
He's not there now. and who can tell
Just where has Oregon?
Two girls were quarreling one day
With garden tools, and so
said. my dears. let Mary rake
And just let Idaho"
A friend OF mine lived in a nat
with half n dozen boys;
When he fell i'll | asked him why.
He said: I'm Illinois"
An English lady had a steed.
She called him Ishland Bay
She rode for exercise. and thus
Rhode Island every day.
Life.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09

Racine first schooling was at the
Collegoof Beauvais, from about 1851
10 1853 after which be- went 10 one
Of the famous schools Of Port Royal,
where no remained until 1858 Jean
was an apt pupil and appears to
have shown at an early age great
love of ancient literature, especially
the Crock, which be cultivated sedu-
lousy all his days Few anecdotes
of his youth are worth repeating.
The only ono that romans in the
memory Is that of his master, Lance
lot, finding him reading Greek
book which had for its theme not
theology, but earthly love.
The master was scandalized and
burned the book. Racine procured
a second copy, which also went into
the fire Still unyiolding, the boy
obtained "A third copy, which he read
and afterward presented to the mas
ter. This, too, he said, might be
burned, for he knew it by heart
The masters at Port Royal were per
baps easily soandalized. but they
were humane and long suffering IL
Racine had been under Busby, the
story would not have been SO smooth
Macmillan s Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09
THE EDITOR S WIFE
Letter from an Illinois Newspaper
Man that Is Well Worth Reading.

As a usual thing editors save the
good things for the lumns OF their own
newspapers. but the following letter
from Il Duncan. editor OF the Seaton,
Ill independent. shows that there ~ at
least one editor who wants to help others
tie writes as follows
% TO the editor OF The Record:
wish you would print the folio wing
and thus help me 20 do a kindness TO
your readers. Ns wife has been great
sufferer with stomach troubles for the
past four wears and the last two years
practically an invalid. y thing seemed
70 help her uutil / procured box Of
M-c-na. natures cure FIR dysnep.ia.
rms gave her 80 much relief that she
Confined using the remedy until now
-he enjoys her meals Is relieved from
III pain in h r stomach aud has iucreas-
ed ln lr-h.
hope Won viii publish this letter for
think there H. uo remedy for stom4 Oh
no ibla equal ~ Mi-0-1a. 0nd she more
vide spread it- Use b-cOm s. thu more
good Will b. done 70 humanity
: " DUNCAS.
l. i or OF INDEPENDENT. -
Cles. Rhodes b the loral agency for
Mic nn aud has falth in It's merits qlals
Editor Duncau's. Hs ia fact offers TO
nav for Mi o.na himself IN any case
where il does not give satisfaction No
strong, endorsement of the merits Of
the remedy can b. given than n IL. that
local drug firm L. willing TO sell M d.
cine on his oW n guar ,ntee To refund The
money IL IL does not cure stom CD
troubles and increase flesh.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09
He Told Him.

On a recent Sunday evening in
Belfast, Ne, young man in church
hooked frequently at his watch dur
ing the sermon. Just as he was do
ing so for the fourth or fifth time
the pastor, with great earnestness,
was urging the truth upon the con-
science of his hearers. Young
man." said no, "how is it with
you?" Whereupon the young man
with the gold repeater bawled out,
in the hearing Of nearly the whole
congregation, "A quarter past ST.
As may be supposed, the gravity of
the assembly was very much dis
turbed by the occurrence. - New
York Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09
GODS MIRACLE OF NAV.

There came message 10 the VIVA
A whisper - the tree
The bluebird saw the secret sign
And merrily sang he.
Aud, like a silver string. the brook
Trembled with music sweet
Enchanting notes IN every nook
For echo 10 repeat.
A magic touch transformed the fields.
Greoner each hour they grew
Until they shone like FURNISHED shields
All jcwelCd DER with dew.
Scattered upon the forest door
A million bits OF bloom
Breathed fragrance forth through mornings
door
Into the days bright room.
Then bud hy bud the vine confessed
The secret ~ had heard.
And IN the leaves the azure breast
Sang the delightful word.
Glad flowers upsprang amid the grass
And flung their banners gay,
And suddenly u came 20 pass
Gods miracle OF Mayi
p. d. sherman in Ladies Home Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09

Three plaques have visited this
part Of the country in recent years
first, Of mice which ate up the roots
of the rice and maize; then came
the cattle plaeuo, which attacked
beasts both wild and domestic and
killed all the bu0aloes, ana now tho
locusts. AsI returned from Kopa-
Eopa an immense cloud Of locusts
were Gardening the air. They sped
along at the rate Of four miles an
hour, settling on every patch Of
maize, millet or sorghum All the
natives were out, old and young,
beating drums, shouting, rushing
here and there and beating crops
with swishes to drive the pests
away. In spite of their efforts the
crops will be destroyed The natives
are very careless about the future.
Knowing we'll that they are always
subject to locusts, they do not take
the precaution to grow manioc,
which locusts do not eat.-Diary of
the Late Z. J. Glave in Century.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09
HANDLING BURGLARS.
ssose Suggestions In the Gentle Art-Ad-
vsntages OF the Editha Method.

vsntages OF the Editha Method.
A good way TO handle burglar
Is the Editha method, as outlined
in the little one act play which had
so much vogue here few years ago,
having been dramatized from Mrs.
Burnett's story All you have to do
is to keep 9-year-old girl in the
house. She must have golden hair
and appear TO the burglar in her
nightdress, saying to him in reas-
surfing tones: Don't be afraid. l
won't hurt you" Then he Will say,
well, Ill be doggoned, " and will
enter into conversation with the
child, tho result being that he will
find her to be his own daughter
whom he has deserted years ago
On an easel will DO picture of his
wife whom he left, and then his
heart will be softened. He will leave
the little girl a knife and fork and
, spoon and will leave without dis
turbing you, carrying away nothing
but 81, 900 in silver, several hundred
dollars worth of jewelry and a grand
piano, merely as memento of how
his better nature came TO the front
and made a man of him.
OF course if you have no 9-year-
old ex-child of the burglar in the
house you will have to resort to 9TH
er methods, but the above is the
gentlest can think of. If you wake
up suddenly with the fash of
bullseye lantern in your face and
feel the cold muzzle of q revolver at
your temple while a hoarse voice
says, Make sound, and I'll blow
your brains out, a good thing to do
is to clap the burglar on the back
and say: Go ahead, old man My
wife says | haven't brains enough
to last overnight, and | would like
to show her that she is wrong"
That Will discomfort him for a mo-
ment, and you can then take him
down stairs and set out good sup
per for him. Then show him where
everything is, help him pack it up,
and you Will be all right
Some men keep pistol in the
house for the purpose of shooting
burglars, but the burglars usually
take the pistol first Then a man
has only his fists. Now, if should
wake up some night and sec a bur
glar in the house | know that l
should burst into poals Of laughter
for it would be a good joke The
burglar might not SEQ tho point at
first, bat he would later and would
realize that the laugh was on him.
But if by chance there should be
anything in the house worth taking
and J should sec two masked men
bonding over my couch / would
merely knock their heads together
until they were insensiblo, then tic
them together into double knots and
drop them down the elevator shaft
That Is what most men would do
when wakened from a sound sleep
in the dead Of night, and may say
that my language is merely SYM
bolic of crawling under the bed
clothes and making myself as small
as possible until my visitors had
gone. Boston Home Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09

hoea -eN-
fo
ha oi l4e
III -t s saI. aN.a,l be-
tween au ete'ea-f hov
A ten lslor htl circulating in this
city and bearing an euErauug OF
huge American coe'e and another
bird commonly known as a mule.
proves that an undignined practical
joke has been played in the engrav-
ing department at Washington.
The bill was issued in the year 1880.
during which time an EnGlishman was
in charge Of the engraving depart.
ment All Of the engraving that left
the department while this gentleman
Was In charge bore the unpatriotic
picture. The currency had cen In
cir culation about year VIII N the Oh
jectionabie donkey was noticed by the
department and called back.
within a year after the currency
was called In ever bill was sccoun ted
for with the execution OF one. Bill
No A35)797GG could not be accounted
for until last wcct when II came into
the pos ess 4 of > o Craig a resi-
dent Of IN
Mt Crsig otIced that the bill was
unlike the oney now In circulation,
and upon Examination OF the eagle
that Is eng tyed mon the back found
a large mule with white nose and
tapping ears.-Los Angeles Herald.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09
THE BILL ONAlkI.

A man Of great holdings onc light when a
bdUr.
Picked up al the moon iu the sly
And begged OF his part uts 20 give him The
orb
That y listened so brightly on h.gt
OF course it was ,uly a fame o. stIin
For the moon WASN'T made Tor the child
And VIII, u be rtw older hi- folly be- -aw
In asking "a iAvOr 50 wild
so rather than beg fo- the siivery moon.
Which captured his finries at birth.
He modestly strives tor The thiu.s that az,
rear
And now al. hc wants - the earth
JOINS g.. NRisHT
NarbHr primes Mic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09

Hubert Herkomer recently told a
class of English art students some
entertaining anecdotes of his own
student days in Paris and of his
early struggles against poverty
His studio cost him 81 week, and
he cooked his meals, while the Tril-
by of the studio, to quote the paint
er's own words, sometimes lit the
artist fire, tidied his room and was
q true friend. Professor Herkomer
was on long intimate terms with
poverty. When his Chelsea Pen
sioners, his first signal success, was
accepted, he fell on his knees and
wept."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09
Misnt.

He-I don understand it. Har.
riet and Percy only married IL
years, and she wants divorce. Has
he been ugly TO her or the baby?
She-No; it's incompatibility.
You know Percy is extremely tall
and Harriet is short. They look 80
ridiculous on a tandem that she
can { endure it.-Detroit Free Press
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09
Thirty Thousand Dry Goods Stores,

Thirty Thousand Dry Goods Stores.
In the United States there are about
thirty thousand shops that sell dry
goods Twelve thousand OF these may
be ranked as good stores. and about
five thousand are establishments OF q
size which makes them important
factors in the commercial and domes-
tic life Of their communities. The
owners II almost all OF these shops.
the largest as well as the smallest. be.
gan obscurely. The majority Of the
most prospe rous have attained their
present success and magnitude during
recent Years in which unsuccessful
merchants have been wort 20 com.
plain thp' tho competition has been
ruinous. From Success"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09
RoomY Apparel.

A restaurant cook arrested for steal
Ing provisions In London was found to
have concealed on his person" three
apples, a shoulder Of mutton. a pound
OF butter, a pound OF sausages. half q
pound Of Jam and package Of cocoa
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09

Plainwell Nov. 12.-John Ravens.
aged Co. committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the temple. lie
was prominent harnessmaker and
implement dealer He leaves a widow
and son Ravens was injured last
spring by a falling roof and suffered
r eatly since
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09

The South can increa and will in.
crease her cotton production not only
By more intelligent selection OF seed,
not only by improving the fertility
Of her soil by every scientific and
available method. not only by the i'm
provement Of the intellig nee aud
skill OF her laborers. not only by the
use Of more and more improved agri-
cultural machinery. out by the open
ing up Of new lands TO give employ
ment 20 thousands who are coming
from other sections. as well as TO our
fast increasing population
To realize the vast possibilities for
expansion along this line one has
only 10 examine the census report,
that shows that less than so per cent.
OF the farm lands or the South are
improved The report show that In
Mississippi only 4l.s per cent OF the
larm land II improved, in North Car
DINA. only 3ss per cent; In South
Carolina, only 41.3 per cent; in
Georgia only 402 per cent; in Ala
bama only as per cent; in Florida
only "a ) per cent. in Loui sians. only
40 per cent; In Texas only 1856 per
cent in Arkansas. only ~ per cent.
and in Tennessee. only 20. per cent.
BY ope7ing up this undeveloped ter
ritory almost every acre o. which is
good cotton land the South's ability
to indefinitely expand her cotton pro
duction cannot be que toned and
therefore the alarm about sufficient
cotton supply In the future should be
permanently dismissed. - Southern
Farm Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09

-Four Islesboro. Ne. men who hap
pended TO be together In a store the
other day got on the scales and the
combined weight Of the fovr va 1855
poundA
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09

In 40 olympiads there were four
different kinds Of years CD COM
mon year Of 354 days; (2) the en-
bolismic year of 3s4 days; (3) the
last year Of each alternate olympiad
consisted of 3s7 days; 90 the last
year of each fortieth olympiad of
Az DAYS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09

Carpets drawn very tight when
laid upon the floor furnish toler-
able barometer When a storm is
about 10 break, the threads contract
with such force as sometimes TO tear
the fabric or draw out the taoks.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09

The first temperance society in the
United States was organized in Sar-
atoga, in 1903.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-09

Greece has 400, 600 women over 20
wars Of aaa
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-11-25
AN ODD GAME.

How n Race Can ne Run win Drops
OF water.
This game can he readily made in
few minutes by my boy or girl. As
IS well known. If drop or water be
placed on piece OF paper II viii be at
once absorbed by the paper, but II the
paper IS oiled the drop OF water viii
remain intact and slide gracefully over
the paper
The first thing necessary Is to get
four or Eve books. one smaller than
the other. and rest them on their edges
ON the table.
Then get sheet OF strong paper.
hold It over lamp till It Is thoroughly
blackened by the SCOT from the flame.
and then oil It. This done. you lay it
over the tops OF the hook covers. hold
ing II down with plate or other small
vessel Mt the end. Take n spoon and
let few drops OF water drip on the
paper. and they VIII slide along Ike
so many living things until they fall
into the plate. The game IS to see
which drop or water gets there first.
1t can be played by any number OF
hoys and girls. hut careful watch
mgst lie kept on the various drops of
water. rs they slide very quickly. BY
coloring the water and having each
player own a differently colored drop
they can be readily kept track Of The
one who gets the greater number OF
drops in the plate first wins the game.