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The Western news., 1904-07-27

Is, on the whole, heavily armored, and
carries batteries of effective size. The
destroyers are Of the most modern
type, and from the tirst-class torpedo
boats a strong flotilla could be formed
1t Is almost impossible to entirely
divorce any consideration Of the Rus
sian Black Sea feet and the history Of
the Dardanelles. for the feet has been
organized and built especially to meet
the conditions. Originally it was con-
ceived with the idea of commanding
the shores Of that immense inland
sea, and to be able. II the necessity
should arise, to assist any operation
against Turkey.
A Vast Inland Sea.
The Black Sea is very large body
Of inland water Some idea of Its size
may best be given by calling to mind
die States and Mississippi combined.
In figures it may be expressed as 1885,
I'll square miles. Its only outlet is
through the Bosphorus, the Sea Of
Marmora and the Dardanelles into the
Aegean Sea, an arm Of the Medter-
ranean. The Bosphorus and the Dar-
danelles are two narrow straits, and,
consequently. easily fortified, although
1t may be asserted that the Turkish
forts are not Gibratars. by any means.
At Its greatest width the Bosphorus
La not over two and quarter miles,
and Its tortuous course is nineteen
miles long. The Dardanelles is wind
Ing body Of water. forty-five miles
long. and averaging two miles in
width. The latter Is at one point only
500 yards wide and here, on the
Asiatic side, are the fOrtresses of
| Chanak-Kale and Kum-Kali. and on
the European side Sed-il-Bahr and
liald- Bahr. The latter is generally
spoken of as 1.-The Key of the Sea-" or
1.-The Castle Of Europe" All four forts
have some modern ordnance. the
Asiaic being commanded by 200
krupp cannon. yet there remain some
ancient brass cannon Of immense size
which are capable Of hurling stoneshot
Of from 20 to 90 inches In diameter.
which are not nearly so terrible as
their appearance would suggest.
The forty-five miles Of the Dartian-
elles, whose shores, although not such
a panorama Of beauty as those Of the
Bosphorus, are still full Of fine pictur-
esQueness, are bordered by rugged
mountains, rising one behind the other.
brown and barren on the European
side, and by low. wooded hills on the
Asiatic. Important towns dot the way.
Among them, at the entrance to the
Sea Of Marmora. are GauipoN, on the
The Western news., 1904-07-27
METHODS OF THE ouAck
New York 10 His Chosen Field. N
Eastern Medico Says.

New York 10 His Chosen Field. N
Eastern Medico says.
The physicians of Philadelphia and
Boston sniff more or less haughtily
at the ways of their fellow healers OF
New York, according to a very frank
and conservative physician of this
town. The conversation at the start
was about new remedies, concerning
many of which the doctor, who was
taking his own profession to task, was
very skeptical.
''The spirit of empiricism," he said,
lis altogether too prevalent in this
city and it is growing every year.
For the sake of money, for the sake
Of advertising without appearing to
advertise, many physicians who are
rated as reputable are trying all sorts
Of ways of violating the good old
spirit of medical ethics without Of
Tending against the letter and being
called to account by their associates.
1T is in the field of so-called new
remedies and discoveries that the evil
is most manifest. Quackery has i'm.
PAoN CA AtS AAONAOuS SlOSSCu over
it's activities with a veneer Of what
passes for scientific research. Scien-
titic expression and Latin names have
been more generally adopted to de-
scribe what the quack of a generation
or SO ago would have been satisfied to
call plain 'cure-all, and hawk at
the country fairs. Now it is different.
The empiric produces his concoction
and cajoles some physician into writ
Ing quasi-scientitic article about II
for medical journal.
THAT Is all that is needed Men
Of standing accept the fact. whatever
it may be, and furnish the articles;
and journals, regardless Of the fact
that they have regulations to sustain,
print them. Then they are reprinted
far and wide as contributions by DR..
So-and-So, graduate Of this, that and
the other medical school, to such and
such journal. Rural physicians all
over the country read and believe, and
a demand for the new stuff is prac.
tically assured.
Hundreds Of these new things are
brought out every year, and although
they all have advocates, it is fair to
say that not more than one in hun.
dred is worthy Of adoption by the pro-
fession or Of being rated as gen.
uine contribution to the science of
medicine.
1T is in this city that most of them
are fathered and touted, and, as
said before, the practice has brought
US into more or less disrepute with
the more conservative and less avari.
cious physicians Of Boston and Phila.
delphia. OF course, in considera ton
Of question like this, Chicago doesn't
cOunt."-New York Sun
The Western news., 1904-07-27

opened to merchant vessels Of Russia,
and to those of all powers at peace
with the Porte.
1s4O July 15-Convention. Great
Britain, Austria. Prussia, Russia and
Turkey. Dardanelles and Bosphorus
closed to foreign ships Of war when
the Porte is at peace.
1841. May 3-Convention. Great
Britain. Austria, France, Prussia
Russia and Turkey. Dardanelles and
Bosphorus closed to foreign ships Of
war when the Porte is at peace Fir
min for light vessels of war for service
of missions.
1874, Dec. 24-Regulation. Turkey
Protection Of Dardanelles and Bos-
phorus as to passage Of sailing vessels
and steamers through the straits be-
tween sunset and sunrise.
1856, March 3O-General treaty,
Great Britain, Austria. France Prus-
sia. Russia. Sardinia and Turkey. Linz
itation of Russian and Turkish naval
forces: non-establishlnent Of military
maritime arsenals.
1871. March 13-Treaty. Great Brit
ain. Austria. France. Prussia. Italy,
Russia and Turkey. Abrogation OF
treaty Of March 80, 1856. respecting
non-limitation Of forces and establish
ment of arsenals.
Russia's Obligation Largely Moral.
While these documents distinctly
shut in the Russian Black Sea fleet, it
has been held that the obligation Of
largely moral. On the other hand, the
United States has never recognized the
right Of the Turk to close the Sea Of
Marmora or the Black Sea to fighting
ships. and in 1898 Lint that Admiral
Sampson and the fleor that had swept
would knock at the gates and seek re-
dress for the Armenian outrages had a
good effect upon the Porte. 1t has been
held that Russia. believing destiny will
make her mistress Of Turkey sooner or
later. is secretly glad of the acts
which have closed the entrance to the
Black Sea. If the great White Bear
ever does get control. 1t can easily be
imagined how such treaties would be
cherished and insisted upon.
The hopes of Russia, in this direc-
ton, II they do exist, must be Of the
slightest. England desires the Oar
danelles closed because it would COM
pei very considerable increase Of her
Mediterranean squadron, for she here.
a. In other parts Of the world, finds It
essential to her national existence to
be mistress. Some years ago . certain
United States Senator predicted that
The Western news., 1904-07-27
RUSSIA'S
HELPLESS FLEET
600
ULLY one-third of the Russian
- navy is imprisoned by treaty in
the Black Sea. Excepting for

IN ULLY one-third of the Russian
- navy is imprisoned by treaty in
the Black Sea- Excepting for
four destroyers which were built
on the Baltic, and were permitted by
the Porte to steam to Sebastopol after
their armament had been removed, and
the merchant vessels which are in the
auxiliary and volunteer fleets, none Of
the ships has ever passed through the
Dardanelles. The entire Black Sea
fleet, including all classes of ships,
numbers 153 vessels, and includes 8
battleships, cruisers, y gun vessels,
3 auxiliary cruisers, 16 volunteer
steamships, 10 destroyers. 20 first-class
and 63 second class torpedo boats. The
tonnage represented by the vessels is
considerably more than than half Of
the entire japanese navy, yet, owing
tions which have closed the Darda-
nelles to all foreign fighting ships, the
Black Sea fleet remains inert
Since the time when it became evi-
dent that hostilities in the far East
were inevitable several diplomatic at.
tempts to have this powerful fleet re-
leased from its Imprisonment were re-
ported to have been made by Russia.
Some Of the fleet, it must be admitted.
would be unable to make the long voy-
age to the far East, and perhaps would
be of little effect if they did. On the
other hand, the formidable battleship
squadron, while not Of the latest type,
The Western news., 1904-07-27
A GENTLEWOMAN,

30 sweet the face, so clear the eyes
Which mirrored each new thoughts sur
To ardent mind,
80 calm the brow meath waves Of snow,
The careless stranger ne'er would know
Grandma was blind!
The children wished that she could see,
But guessed that, by some alchemy
OF will divine,
Dear grandma felt the sunsets gold,
And drank, in deep draughts manifold.
October's wine.
In early spring, through others view,
No tender bud Of palest hue
Could pass her by;
The starlit nights were more serene,
And brighter were the leaves first green,
And ApriPs sky.
With joy she heard the robins song
When others deemed the winter long.
And only smiled;
Then, in the firelight's rosy glow,
Told quaintest tales of long ago,
For each grandchild.
Her gracious life had served its day,
Yet fingered still to show the way
To straying feet;
To pour the cup of water cold
For those who sought the path Of old,
Faint with the heat.
Thus, gliding gently down the years,
She gave, to many, smiles for tears,
BY Loves great law;
Till, as a mountains mist is reft,
Death broke the seals which life had left,
And grandma saw!
Home Journal
The Western news., 1904-07-27
HOW GOLDFISH ARE CAUGHT.
Trawls with 5000 Hooks Baited In the
Day and Left Over Night.

Travis with 5000 Hooks Baited In the
Day and Left Over Night.
Cod fishing Is done with dories and
travis The dories are fat bottomed.
sloping sided boats, which ut into one
another in the ships waist, economic
Ing space thereby.
Each dory takes two men, and the
whole crew, except the captain and
the cook, go off in them every suitable
day, and set the travis In the water
outward from the ship like spokes
from the hub of a wheel. Travis are
long lines, each with 5000 hooks at
tached at intervals Of a yard, every
hook baited with some smaller fish,
either herring. caplin. or squid. that
the cod affects. The travis are an
chored at each end, baited in the day,
left lying over night and are stripped
morning, being baited again when
overhauled."
The fish are taken to the vessel in
the dories, eviscerated. washed, and
salted. This routine continues until
the bait Is exhausted, and then the
vessel returns home, lands the fish,
takes more bait and salt, and goes out
again. At st. Pierre her catch Is taken
In hand by the graviers and women
who submerge 1t In crates until tho
salt has been washed of. Then they
scrub each fish with a hard, coarse
brush, and pile them in heaps to drain.
This done, they are next spread on the
beaches to dry in the sunlight and air,
The beaches consist Of several acres Of
fiat ground, covered with basalt stones
worn round by the motion of the sea
for ages.
The stony fields surround st. Pierre
and thousands Of cod are displayed
there on a fine day. Every evening,
or II fog or rain threatens, the fish are
gathered up again and are covered
with tarpaulins. The process Is repeat
ed until the flsh are quite dry and
hard. Dry fish are piled in round
stacks. the rest in oblong ones. When
a sufficient quantity to load a weasel Is
obtained 1t Is packed into her hold and
shipped to market. The extent of the
cod fishing Of Miquelon and St Pierre
may be Indicated by the record of the
catch of those islands in 1902. which
was 725OO,OOO pounds.-Booklovers
Magazine,
The Western news., 1904-07-27
Black Sea Squadron
Made Ineffective by
the Treaties Which
Close the DardanelIes

European side. called the "Key to
Constantinople;;" Ak bashi Liman, the
ancient port Of Sestos; Abydos, just
opposite the scene Of Leander's swim
ming. and, later, Of Lord Byron's. Be
low this lies Chanak- Kalessi, some
times called Dardanelles.
Rugged Beauty of the Dardanelles.
AS the Dardanelles, the Sea of Mar
mora and the Bosphurus are all with
in the Ottoman Empire, tho Turkish
Government has always contended
that no foreign warship should be al
lowed at any time to pass through.
Owing to the same international .jeal-
ousies which have prolonged the life
OF the Sick Man of Europe the Porte
has been able to have it's position
strengthened by treaties and by a con-
vention of the European powers. The
various treaties. ETC., referring to the
closing of the straits to foreign ships
Of war may be summarized as follows:
1909, January 5.-Treaty. Great
Britain and Turkey. Dardanelles and
Fosphorus closed to ships Of war of
foreign states when the Porte il at
peace.
Standardization. Turkey. Bos-
phorus closed to merchant ships of
powers not having treaties.
1926, October Treaty. Russia and
Turkey. Trade to be opened to all
friendly powers.
1S29-September 14-Treaty. Russia
and Turkey. Black Sea and straits
The Western news., 1904-07-27

addressing Sol Baker. Blame my cats
If / know why l didn't There amt
no money In the grocery business any
more. Every time man gifts $40 In
cash he studies up the ST. Looey mar
ket quotations an then comes around
to figger with me on bill o. goods. If
i make him a price on pair O. over
alls or plow clevis he pulls a mail
order catalogue ON me an shows me-
how much cheaper he can git It by
sendin' off fer 1t. II I'd "a sold when
I'd had the chance I might have gone
into the hotel business an made
money"
AN you might have gone inter the
hotel business an gone busted" Oh
served Hank Judkins, the Gooseneck
school trustee. "Quit your kickin',
Rufe"
"Rufe reminds me of old man Ken
nedy an the chance he missed" said
Wash Hancock. "Afore he moved in
ter Mizzoura an bought the Bush
place with its brick house an 500 acres
O. corn land. pascher an white oak
timber he owned forty acre farm in
Pennsylvania where he had to dig
holes to bury the rocks he'd pick off
the land, after he'd fenced with 'em
an built his house an stable with
'em. He Jest made out to keep the
breath O. life in his body an hide on
the ribs of his OK team an that was
all, for years. But finerly a Teller
come around an lowed that the rock
was an extra fine quality for bridge
fllin' an offered ter buy the place an
take his chances O. tindin' bridge ter
6ll
"Old Man Kennedy sorter smelled
suthin' an 'ast the feller ter make an
offer. The feller offered 1000 straight
up. Kennedy'd ben glad to have
taken $500 afore that. but he smelled
suthin' stronger yit an he said $4,000
was the lowest figger he lowed ter
take for it. Well. they dickered
around the best part Of a week an
fnerly the feller gave him 5000
Then he socked down a drill an the
mex thing he had an oil well that hs
sold fer $15O.OOO.
THAT broke Old Man Kennedy.
heart. His grief was suthin' perthet
1c. When he come here an began
dickerin' fer the Bush place he looked
. II he'd jest berried all his kin.
"Well. he done well with the place
He was q worker from away back an
that there bottom land Is mighty good
land. Inside O. three years he had the
5000 balance o the purchis paid an
money In the bank besides. But he
couldn't GIT over ssllin' his Pennsyl
vania rock pile fer 5000 when hs
might have got 31b0y000 for It
He'd lean over tho hog pen whssl
the hoGs xas - rollin' fat that tAay
The Western news., 1904-07-27
The Country Store
Observation-Disclosures
~~~~~~@~~

- d AS lief trade with you as send
for my groceries," said the old
farmer to the country storekeeper,
"but, by Jucks, don't propose to pay
you no four prices for sugar"
''The way figger 1t III be maxim
half cent a pound" said the store
keeper, sarcastically. THAT sounds
purity steep, l know, but by the time
l allow for shrinkage an storage an
pay my taxes an sport my family out
o. that half cent l amt goin' to lay
up much fer my old age"
The old farmer grunted and then.
saying that he would look around a
spell he slowly departed.
II had chance to sell out here
four years ago." said the storekeeper.
The Western news., 1904-07-27
Vastness of the Star Canopus.

The conception Of the magnitude OF
the star Canopus, which is regarded
as the greatest body in the universe,
is difficult indeed, even when Mr.. Gore
of the Royal Astronomical Society fur.
nishes the sun as step by which the
Imagination may raise itself. One has
some appreciation Of the size Of the
earth with its circumference Of 25,OOO
miles. The sun Is more than million
times as large as the earth. The mass
Of Canopus has been weighed astro-
nomically and found to be one million
times greater than that of the sun.
The Western news., 1904-07-27
Failed to Recognize II

"You told me that moonstone pin
would bring me good luck" said the in.
dignant heiress, ''and now Count Slim.
purse has proposed to another girl and
this morning my poodle was found
cold In DEATH"
my dear young Ady," calmly re.
podnsd the optimistic jeweler with the
bald pats. what battsr luck could you
at 6per'
The Western news., 1904-07-27
Handicapped.

"You don't laugh enough while you
are eating, my friend"
"How can 1? My wife insists upon
having new onions every meal and
they make me cry."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Western news., 1904-07-27

Occasionally a man declines a nomi.
nation for ofnce@R thare u no chance
Tor his election.
The Western news., 1904-07-27

After some men get started they are
too lazy to stop.
The Western news., 1904-07-27
Wheat Yield or Ru.si.-

The average yield Of wheat In Rus
sia is less than half that Of the Unit.
ed States. ..=.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
ADVERTISEMENTS.
A CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN.
Talks to the Point.

Until about two years ago / had
had piles for about thirty years, at
times bleeding and very painful. / got
a fifty-cent box of Pyramid Pile Cure
at the drug store, and used it and was
entirely cured: got another box in case
l needed it, and as the piles did not
return in six months / gave the remedy
to friend of mine who wanted the
doctor to operate TO cure him. My
friend said he would use the pyra-
mids, but he knew they would do him
no good, but they cured him of piles
Of twenty-five years standing. am free
from piles to-day, and have been since
using Pyramid Pile Cure. was Cap
tain in the Civil War" James Adams,
Soldiers Home, Cal.
The majority of people labor under
the impression that an operation is
necessary in severe cases of piles, or
hemorrhoids, and are very skeptical
medicinal compound Testimony like
the above should certainly have a
tendency to dispel this impression, al
should prevail, and still more odd that
so many people should think an oper-
alton effects a permanent cure, where
as the contrary is more often the case
We advise all sufferers from this
painful complaint to buy a ffty-cent
package of Pyramid Pile Cure at any
drug store and try it tonight.
Those interested cannot be too
strongly urged to write Pyramid Drug
Co.. Marshall Mich, for their little
book describing the causes and cure OIL
piles. as il contains valuable informa-
ton. and is sent free for the asking
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
SEYMOUR HEIRS ANSWER
ALLEGATIONS OF WIDOW
Bitter Contest Promised for Estate
Which Is Estimated to Be Worth
More Than $75O,OOO.

The allegations OF Susan Seymour,
widow of Simon H. Seymour, in her
contest of his will, in which she ques-
toned the soundness of his mind and
the validity of the testament, were all
specifically denied yesterday in the an
swer of Louisa HENDERSON, Henrietta
F. Eckhardt and Edward Hebrock,
some of the heirs, who are represented
by Bishop, Wheeler & Hoefler.
Seymour was found dead last June
in a creek near Bartlett Springs. His
widow obtained special letters of ad-
ministration upon his $750.000 estate
and later obtained an allowance OF
$500 a month. When the will was pro-
duced it was found that Seymour had
only left her the half interest in their
community property, consisting OF the
Seymour House in Los Angeles and an
interest in a lot on Mission street. He
stated in the will that his fortune had
grown from the sale of Oakland prop
erty for $100,0 900 and lots on Market
street for 100000, which sums he had
reinvested. This part of the estate
was left to a sister and the children OF
a deceased brother and sister.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
PLANS IMMENSE
FREIGHT DOCKS
Southern Pacific Prepares
a Great System Of Yards
and Wharves for Traffic
WORK WILL SOON BEGIN
Large Section of Oakland
HarbOr to Be Improved
to Accommodate Commerce
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1016 Broadway, Dec. II.
Plans for an extensive system of
docks, warehouses, railroad yards and
a seawall along the south side of the
estuary between Alameda Point and
the Webster-street bridge have been
made by the Southern Pacific Com
pany. Work will begin with the open
ing OF the new year. The great and con-
slant increase in the volume of freight,
which is now handled with difficulty
by the Southern Pacific Company on
this side of the bay, despite it's splendid
shipping facilities, makes the addi-
tional docking, track and storage room
imperative. The improvements as out
lined will mean the solid building up of
that entire portion of Oakland harbor
on the south side of the estuary be-
tween Alameda Point and the Web
ster-street bridge.
All the water frontage between the
points named is the property of the
Southern Pacific Company, and has
been utilized for years as a laying-up
place for vessels and as site for
shipbullding yards and yachting club
quarters. Notice has been served upon
the tenants of the land, among which
are the Hay & Wright shipbuilding
plant and the California Yacht Club,
that they must vacate before the end
of this month
In the plan of Improvement it is the
purpose OF the Southern Pacific Com
pany to begin first the construction of
four freight slips some distance west
of the ,Webster-street bridge. Tracks
will be laid upon these. making the
slips available for car ferries. Then the
seawall will be built along the south
harbor line and the area between the
wall and the mainland will be filed in,
thus making more yard space.
With-the new yards and docks in op-
Grafton, the Southern Pacific Com
pany's freight department expects that
much of the traffic pressure which now
burdens and often congests the yards
at Peralta street will be relieved.
While the main object of the new
freight terminal will be to accommo-
date the traffic over the South Pacific
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
DIVORCED HUSBAND WILL
RETAIN DIAMOND RINGS
Judge Van Nostrand Rules Against
Claim of Ernest Bales, Whose
Revolver Killed Woman.

Justice of the Peace Van Nostrand
yesterday gave judgment in favor of
Emil A Engelberg, who was sued by
Ernest N: Bales for the possession of
two diamond rings. The rings were
worn by Engelberg's former wife, who
was. accidentally shot and killed re-
Gently by a revolver falling from Bales
pocket while the two We're returning
from buggy ride.
Bales testified that the rings belonged
to him. Engelberg on the other hand
testified that he had purchased one of
the rings and given it to his wife be-
fore their marital troubles commenced.
The other ring, Engelberg said, had
been made out of some old gold which
he and his former wife jointly owned.
Judge Van Nostrand took that view of
the case and ordered the two rings to
remain in Engelberg's possession.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
Fails Three stories.

OAKLAND, Dec. IL. Yano, a
Japanese window cleaner, had a re-
markable fall this morning while in
pursuit of his occupation. He fell
from an attic window TO the ground
without sustaining any more severe in
jury than a sprained ankle and
q sprsined back. When he felt him
self going he made a jump of it and
fell on his feet. He was taken TO the
Receiving Hospital, where he was at
tended by DR.. 0. D. Hamlin.