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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

Mukden, the Capital of Manchuria
which is now passing into the hands of the
japanese and will probably be retained by
them, is situated in the southern part of
the great province and is on the River
Lao, about 325 miles northeast Of Pekin.
1t was the capital of the present ruling
caste of China when they were. only Man.
churian Tartars, and confined their rule
to that province. It's therefore a very
old city, and has a great deal of history
connected with it. Near 1t are the tombs
OF the great men of the earlier history of
the present regning family of China.
The town IL surrounded by a high wall
OF excellent masonry and is a parallel
ogram in shape. Outside are the suburbs,
which stretch for a long distance, and
which are protected by a mud wall. In
side the town is third wall surrounding
the Imperial Palace. The place has
population of about 100000, and enjoys
very large trade with the surrounding
country. There is great deal of activity
among the people, and the Scotch and
Irish Presbyterians have made many con-
verts. The city has great number of
line temples. The best coal in that ma rt
OF the Orient is found in the neighbor-
hood OF Mukden, and in great abundance.
The place has several names, the Chinese
| calling it Shingking. which is its Official
name. while another name for it is Sheng.
Yang. Mukden is the old Tartar name for
| it, being called that by the ancestors of
the present reigning family in China.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

NEVADA is looking up very decidedly. For
a long time each census showed a decrease
in the population of the State, until in
the last it appeared only 1885, or less
than that of good average County in
many of the States. This was only 4-1O
of person per square mile, as against
Rhode Island, which has 4O7 people per
square mile. At one time most of the peo-
pie in the State left it, but now there are
efforts being carried to success to irrigate
some of the fruitful valleys in the State
and tempt small farmers, and ranchers,
who will permanently build up the coun-
try. On top Of this comes the news of an
unusually large find of rich gold ore, some
of which is yielding $4,000 to the ton, and
there seems to be limitless quantities of
it. The information in regard to the gold
ore seems to admit no doubt, and the
probability Is therefore strong that there
will be such an increase in the State as
will raise it to respectable dimensions.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

THE Russian idea in sending forward
the Baltic fleet is to find the japanese fleet
so crippled by its combats with the Rus
sian ships and batteries that it can be
easily overcome, and the Russian prestige
restored. This looks we'll on paper, but it
is long ways from the Baltic around two
continents. Coal will be hard to get on
the way, and there is no telling what con-
dition the Russian feet will be in when it
reaches the Japan seas. The Russians
must not hope to repeat the Oregon
achievement.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

II Is hardly possibly that Russia can
recover from her awful collapse for a half
century. The feature that will be most
crushing to her pride is that she Is to-
day no longer recognized in Europe as a
friend to be valued. or an enemy to be
feared. She has been regarded as ono of
the greatest menaces Of Europe, and
Napoleon said that within a half century
Europe would be either Republican or
Russian. More than q half century has
elapsed since Napoleon's time, and II has
frequently looked as IL Russia would
spread all over Europe. Now Germany
and Austria have been freed from the
fear Of Russian invasion from the East
and France, which has been coquettine
with Russia to Offset the "Dreibund" sees
that Russia will not be any help to her in a
collision with her neighbors. She has
therefore taken time by the fQrelock and
come into much better relations with Ger.
many, Italy and England Great Britain
L also freed from her chronic fear of Rus
sian aggression upon Turkey and advance
upon Afghanistan and India. The whole
European situation has been altered BY
the collapse Of Russia as one of the potent
factors in the situation.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

Therefore though new applicatio have
been pouring into the Bureau at the rate
of 100000 year. the number of unadju-
dictated claims has been reduced in %
months from 800, 1876 on July /, 1902, to
269.419 on Sept. /, 1904 reduction of
70O17. or at the rate of nearly 200 a
month.
As Gen. Grant said Of the Army of the
Tennessee. "such record as this is not
an accident" 1t shows the steady, per-
sistent. capable application of correct
business principles and methods in the
management of the Pension Bureau.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

PRINCE FREDERICK LEOPOLD of Prussia
has decided not to 60 to the Russian head
quarters in Manchuria, until the Rus
sian prospects have 80 improved that his
presence will not be 80 embarrassing"
That shows good German hard sense.
Gen. Kuropatkin has quite enough useless
lumber already to guard and save, with
out having Prince and his outfit kicking
around under his feet and getting in his
way. The Prince doubtless knows enough
about war to understand that about tine
most uncomfortable place this side of the
uncomfortable pit is in the path of a
beaten retreating army.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

For the first time in the history of the
country the exports of manufactures have
exceeded those of agricultural products.
The exports of iron, steel and copper have
had a most remarkable growth during a
period of "a years. In 1870 the exports
of iron and steel were only $4,000, 900,
while this year they have reached SILL
048.5S6. Copper has risen from $500, 600
to $57 100000 since that time: mineral
oils have increased from $3O,OOO,OOO to
$72.O00,OO0; leather from less than
100000 to $33, 100000; cotton manu-
features from less than 100000 to
$22,OO0.OOO; agricultural implements,
from 81 100000 to over $22,OOO.OOO.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

THE Russian reports say that for sew
eral hours each day at Liao-yang, the jap
anese artillery fire averaged one shell a
second. and rarely fell less than 20 min
ute. A shell a second would be $500 an
hour. If these shells with their cartridges
averaged 10 pounds piece the Japanese
fired 1s tons Of artillery ammunition per
hour, or 1O8 tons in six hours. This was
good load for train over the railroad
upon which the japanese must get all their
supplies. Meanwhile the Japanese infan-
try must have been quite as active in get
ting rid OF ammunition, so that altogether
two or three train loads must have dis
appeared between meals. and then the
army ate UP a couple OF trainloads Of
rations at each Of the three meals. So
that railroad has had to do q very trying
amount Of business.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

THE hot air artists, who are describing
the fighting in the Orient, at distance of
several hundred miles from the front, are
Surprisingly funny at times. For instance,
in describing the Russian retreat:
''Some descriptions of the scenes along
the line of retreat are almost incredible.
They tell how the men lay down in the
mud and slept in a drenching rain and
without shelter"
How perfectly awful. Such a thing
probably never happened in any war be-
fore. nor even to surveyors, hunters or
cowboys. 1t makes ones blood run cold
to think of it.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work Of the Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering nvenng and
Creating
SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.

A man who has studied meteoralogy
for number of years says that the rea-
son We have more showers in the after.
noon is because of the upward movement
of air, and that the changes which set in
as result Of the air movement in the
afternoon, and the gradual withdrawal of
the suns force as the orb rolls down to-
ward the western horizon will bring about
just those conditions favorable TO the pro-
duction OF showers, and the next result is
the showers we 80 often experience in the
afternoon.
HEAT FROM THE STARS.
Prof. Nichols, the astronomer, made a
wonderfully delicate instrument some time
ago to measure very faint heat waves 1t
is SO sensitive to heat that it registers the
warmth that emanates from a mans face
1000 feet, or more than third of a mile
away.
With this instrument Prof Nichols tried
experiments in the Yerkes Observatory.
He selected the two stars Vega and Arc
turus. These stars are-so far away from
the earth that the human mind cannot
conceive the distance.
Prof. Nichols found that Arcturus sends
the earth as much heat as q man could
get from a candle burning six miles away
from him. Vega was found to send only
half az much heat as this.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

THE japanese give out an estimate of
their losses, which bears internal evidences
Of being fairly correct, though the proper
ton of officers killed and wounded. seems
rather small. 1t is that their total killed
and wounded in 10 days lighting is IT,
$50. If we could now have good guess
at the number of men they had engaged,
we could get an accurate idea of the
desperateness of the fighting. If they had
as many as 100000 men in line, this would
show nothing like the bloody obstinacy of
Gettysburg, Chickamauga or the Wilder
ness, where less than half that number
sustained greater losses.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

AMID all this verbal cyclone about iu-
fernal slaughter lin the fighting around
Liao-yang an occasional fact creeps out
which gives ush something of statistical
value. One of these' is the official report
that division Of a,Gen. Kondratsvitch's
which formed part of the Russian right
and sustained the brunt of the fight for
10 days from Aun 26, lost IL officers
killed, jS5 wounded, and one missing. The
war strength Of. division is about 10000
men. therefore it. would appear that this
great number of men lost about as many
men in 10 days fighting as little brigade
of Americans of, say, 1000 men would in
an hour of what we termed sharp en-
gagement.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15
THE ARMY or THE CUMBERLAND.

The Society Of the Army of the Cumber-
land will hold it's 32d Annual Reunion
at Indianapolis, Sept. 2O-21, with Head
quarters at the Claypool The business
meeting will be held on the first day, the
Reunion TO take place in the evening.
while the annual banquet will be on the
21st. That gallant veteran Gen. John
Coburn is the Chairman of the Local
Committee. and the grafton will be deliv-
cred by Hon. Orlando A. Somers, a pri-
vate soldier, with Gen. Charles +. Man
derson as alternate
A most interesting feature will be the
presence of Commander-in-Ch Chief Black
mar. who will speak at the public exer-
cises. Gen. Blackmar served in the Army
OF the Cumberland as a member of the
18th Pa. Cav, and lie will have to make
unusual efforts to be present. as he agreed
to be with the Medal of Honor Men at
Long Branch. and this will compel him
to limit his stay at Indianapolis to one
day, and Immediately start for Long
Branch. His presence at Indianapolis will
enable host Of Grand Army men in the
central West to meet him, and it will Be
pleasant opportunity of which they will
undoubtedly avail themselves.
1t Is expected that rates will he sc.
cured on basis Of a fare and third.
The question Of selecting Chattanooga as
the permanent meeting place and also to
change the time OF meeting from Sep
TENDER to the middle part of October will
be considered ut the business meeting.
The Society, which is composed of both
enlisted men and officers, does not confine
its invitations to it's own members. hut
cordially invites members Of other armies
to be present with them.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

The Women's Christian Tempera nee
Union did a great work in Boston in dis
pensing lemonade among the marchers in
the Great Parade. They had seven
stands along the line of march. from which
they served cooling refreshments and with
each cup they gave little souvenir, on
which was the following inscription:
I'm this cup there is no sting, no alco-
h0lic poison, no disease, no death" This.
with free cup Of lemonade, is the greet
ing Of the w. C. T. Il. OF Boston and
vicinity to the soldier.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15
PINLEss CLOTHES-LINE.

their mouths full of clothes-pins. He has
patented a clothes-line with the pins at
tached, and describes it thus:
1.-The herein-described clothes-line COM
prising intersections, each section provided
with the spring-arm constructed with the
throat-opening, a straight horizontal por-
ton, and upward and inwardly inclined
portions forming loop, said loop adapted
to receive the surplus or slack of the
clothing passed beneath the spring arm"
A TUMBLER WASHER
Az Satterield, Knoxville, Tenn, be-
lieves he has q boon for housekeepers, sa-
loon-keepers, soda fountain people. etc,
in lumber washer, which consists Of a
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

This shows that in the first year of
Commissioner Ware he increased the work
of the Bureau nearly G6 per cent. and in
the second year he almost exactly doubled
the Bureaus output of work in cases ad-
Indicated. and certificates issued pen
sions allowed.
Next. We have a similarly gratifying ex-
hibit of the efficiency of the Bureau in
disposing Of the accumulation of long
standing claims, and bringing it's business
up to date.
The following shows the number OF un-
settled claims on file in the Bureau at
the different dates
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

The eastern war correspondents insist
on saying the Japanese advancement. -
kurokIs advancement" etc., when they
really mean advance" They remind one
OF the old fellow who conceived that
"fermini' was more elegant form. than
terminus" and always went to the
"termini" Of the railroad when he took a
train. Advance" is the proper term for
an army's forward movement, and stick
ing ''ment" onto the word neither makes
1t more forceful nor elegant.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

4 SPLENDID ,eoNrH's WORK.

The report Of the work Of the Pension
Bureau for the month Of August is now
out, and it 10 q most pleasing and cred
liable exhibit Of the steadily increasing
efficiency of the clerical force under Com
missioner Wares administration and Of
promptness in adjudicating claims.
The number Of certificates of the diff
was:
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15
A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN By RADIUM.
(Sunset Magazine,)


A photograph made with a piece of ore
containing radium, through the opaque
shutter Of a photograph plate-holder, is
the interesting result of an experiment
made in the Utah State Building at the
st. Louis Fair, by S. T. Whitaker. Direc-
tor-General of the State Exhibit The ore
is from Richardson, Grand County, where
the mineral is being mined for>commercial
purposes. The Richardson ore is being
used by the French experts who discov-
cred the radum in ore which was first
found in Bulgaria. Almost the entire out
put of radium is now obtained from Amer
lean ores, and the mine at Richardson,
Utah. has recently been purchased by
wealthy syndicate. Although the photo
graph taken by Mr.. Whitaker was only
the reproduction of the slide of the holder,
it was obtained by simply placing the
piece of ore on the shutter and leaving it
over night
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15
NEW PATENTS.

The following are among the more inter-
esting of the recently issued patents:
A HAY CARRIER.
To VIM. Louden, Fairfield, Iowa.
In his first specification the inventor
claims:
1.-The combination Of track, a stop Sc
cured to the track, and carrier having
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15
POLITICAL NOTES.

Indiana Is the subject of deepest inter-
est to politicians this year. and il is worth
while recalling how the State has gone
for the past 80 years.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

Is THERE any joke in the Democrats in
Maryland putting up Hill against Mudd
for Congress?
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15
MAKING RADIUM AVAILABLE.

Radium inlames the skin and destroys
various kinds of life, but its place in medi-
cine is yet to be determined. When it shall
have been found useful, DR.. E. S. London,
a Russian physician. proposes to make its
energy cheaply available. Experimenting
radium emanations, and that the "ema-
mated" wool produces physiological effects
similar to those of radium itself. The
wool, moreover, can be applied to any part
of the body. Five or ten milligrammes of
radium may be made to energize large
quantity of wool, and, as the radio-activity
is retained long time in hermetically-
sealed vessels, "emanated" wool may be
transported long distances, and may soon
become a part of the pharmacists regu-
lar stock in trade.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15
HAY-CARRIER.

a locking-dog hinged at one end, and CO.
operating in the usual manner with a
graphing device pivoted in the carrier
frame, the dog being provided with an
upwardly-projecting spur at each end, the
spur on the end above the graphing device
being substantially round in horizontal
section, and the spur over the hinged end
being of semicircular shape in horizontal
section"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ON PLANTS

The British Royal Horticultural Society
is about to enter unOn series Of extensive
experiments as to the effect of electric light
on plants, and the proposition brings out a
protest from the humanitarians. that this
will deprive the plants of their needed rest,
which seems absurd. since we do not grow
plants for their sake, but our own. Elec-
trio lights have been tried very thoroughly
in this country. 1t has been found that all
plants can not be treated alike, and inves-
tigation has shown that a great deal Of
caution must be used in the application of
artificial light. Every plant has its own
way of responding to the stimulus. The
lily Of the valley. grown in the shade, was
sickly and anemic. fimsy. and with thin
and colorless petals. The electric light
gave the flowers their natural creamy
color, and made the leaves strong, firm,
and green. Generally the natural colors
OF flowers are enriched by the light and
many plants which would wither in a high
temperature without the light with it's aid
flourish exceedingly. Melons. cucumbers,
Strawberries. mustard. carrots. beans. tu-
lips. pelargoniums, all mature under the
electric lamp long before the same plants
under the daylight alone. But, on the
other hand, Professor Bailey. at Cornell
University, and the authorities Of the
West Virginia Agricultural Station. have
found that while caulifowers will grow
very tall under electric light, they have
smaller heads. and radishes develop ex-
tra0rtiinary profusion of top" under the
influence of the lamps. As we do not prize
the caulifower for it's stature. or the rad
ish as foliage plant. these advantages
are not worth the cost Of producing them
Nearly all flowers are found to bloom
sooner and, with brighter colors. Lettuce
reaches it's mark from four to ten days
earlier. Int some plants run to seed and
others cannot live.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

A PINLESS CLOTHES LINE.
Robert w. Ivey, New London, Conn.,,
wants to save women from having to go
about hanging out their washing with
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-15

To better appreciate this showing let
us compare it with the work for August
Of the years Immediately preceding:
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-11-10
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

BY virtue of an order of the court of
Ordinary of Cobb county, Ga, will be
sold before the court house door in Ma
rietta, Cobb county, Ga, within the le-
gal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday
in December next, lots of land numbers
700, FOL, 632, 626, 633, and 80 acres off
of the north side of lot number 634, all
situated in the 10Th district and End sec
ton of Cobb county, and containing in
the aggregate $50 acres, more or less :
sold as the property of S. P. Pair, late
Of said county, deceased, for distribu-
ton among: his heirs at law. These lands
will be divided into two or more par
GELS and announced on day of sale.
Terms, cash.a
For further particulars address Il. F..
Pair administrator of S. p. Pair, de
ceased, r. F. D. No. 4, Marietta, Ga
II. F. Pair, Administrator
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-11-10
Sheriff'S Sales for Decem-
Der.

Will be sold before the Court House
door in the city of Marietta, Cobb
county, Ga, on the first Tuesday in
December, 1904, during the legal hours
of sale, the following described proper
ty, to-wit
Thirty five acres of land, more or less,
in the town of Roswell, Cobb county,
Ga, known as the James o. Frasier
property, and bounded as follows: On
the east by land OF Henry Powell, on the
south by property of James Maxwell,
S. J. Farr and Mrs. Merritt, on the west
by Cross street and on the north by
Alpharetta street. Levied on as the
property of James o. Frasier to satisfy
two tax fifas issued by j. H. Murray
tax collector of Cobb county, for his
State and county taxes for the years 1893
and 1892
Also at the same time and place, one
vacant lot in the city of Marietta, Ga.
1856 feet by 210 feet, bounded as follows
On the north by Waterman street, on
the west by white public school proper
ty, ON the south by j. H. Boston's prop
erty and on the east by Mrs VIM. Phil
lips property. Levied on as the prop
erty of Mrs. VIM. Phillips to satisfy q
tax fila issued by J. n. Murray, tax col
lector of Cobb county, Ga, for her State
and county taxes for the year 1908.
w. j. FREY, SHERIFF.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-11-10
GEORGIA-Cobb County.

By virtue of an order of the Court of
Ordinary of said county, granted at the
July term 1901, will sell to the high
est bidder before the Court House door
in the city of Marietta, during the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday, the
sixth day of December next, the follow
ing described property to-wit: Lots of
land numbers 245, 257, 258, 259, 1877 and
1873, containing forty acres each, more or
less, also parts of lots numbers 173 and
246 all in the 18th district and 2nd Sec
tion, Cobb county, Georgia. containing
in the aggregate 254 acres more or less.
Also 2 vacant lots in the city of Atlanta
Georgia, in Ward No. 5, land lot No.
III of Fulton County, Georgia, being Is
by 14O feet, on Chestnut street in said
city. Sold as he property of the estate
of j. G. Moss, deceased. Sold for the
purpose of paying debts and distribution
among the heirs of said estate.
Harriet n Durham,
Administrative of the Estate of J. C..
Moss, deceased.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-11-10
HDW,S THIS2

We offer enc hundred dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. Cheney q Co., Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned have known +.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieve HIM perfectly honorable in all bu-
siness transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligation made by
his firm. WaldiDg, Kinnan & Marvin.
Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Care is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price 75c per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.