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The Washington times., 1904-04-24
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w IE have had frequent opportunities
Nv of late to see ourselves as others
see us. Books innumerable have
been written by travellers who have Wis
tied these shores. The views expressed
in the various books are so conflicting
that we are sometimes tempted to think
that the most characteristic trait of the
American people is a chameleon-like
ability to present a different appearance
at different times. And perhaps this is
not so far wrong. after all
The latest addition to the list of books
on America is It'll Amerika med Emil
granterne'' CTo America with the Emil
grants, by Christian Gjerloff, a member
of the editorial staff of Orebladet, one
of the leading newspapers of Chris
tiania, Norway.
Mr.. Gjerloff was sent out by his paper
to study the emigration question-to
learn why so many Norwegians are
leaving their native country to settle in
America, and to learn how they fare in
their new homes, and his book, as it's
title indicates, deals chiefly with these
questions.
But he devotes a few chapters to his
impressions of American life in gen.
eral. and one of the most interesting
of these deals with American journal
ism.
Mr.. Gjerloff walked into a theater one
evening at quarter of to buy tick
The Washington times., 1904-04-24

TIE longest and most wonderful
kite has just arrived in New
York. 1t is the great Chinese
Dragon Kite, more than forty feet long
and the first of it's kind seen in this
country
II will shortly be exhibited in the
large Asiatic collection just arrived
from the Orient at the American Mu-
scum of Natural History. This is in
tended to fully illustrate the Industrial
life of the Chinese people in very
comprehensive manner. and on larger
scale than hitherto attempted in
America.
The form of the kite is designed
to be a counterpart of the Great Fly
ing Dragon. This is unduestionably the
longest and most fantastic device that
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Creature Once Be-
lieved NEUROLOGICAL
Becomes a Cldssi-
fled Exhibit of the
Science Societies
of the World. ~

Rev. Arthur Lawrence, OF Stockbridse.
Mass; Hon. Lonson Nash, of Glouces-
ter, Mass, and B. F. Newhall. of SAIL
gus. as well as from intelligent can
tafns, sailors and fishermen. As to size.
color, speed and manner of cutting the
water, ali accounts agree to a remark
able extent.
The observation OF Colonel Perkins, OF
Boston, printed in the Advertiser, is
similar to fifty other such observations.
wishing to satisfy myself on a SUBJ
ject in which there existed great excite
ment, visited Gloucester, Cape Ann.
With Mr.. Lee. We met several persons
returning, who reported that the creature
had not been seen during several days.
I'VE, however, continued on our route
to Gloucester. All the town. as you may
suppose, was on the alert, and almost
every individual, both great and small,
had been gratiied, at a greater OF less
distance, with a sight Of him. The
weather was fine, the sea smooth, and
Mr.. Lee and myself sat on a point Of
land overlooking the water.
In a few minutes I saw, az the
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rested them BOTH
On hearing this, continues the writer
1 felt great desire to try my luck as
an American reporter. It can do no
harm, thought, and know what l
shall tell them. I shall refer them to
the Lexington station for further par
ticulars That's the way we do in Nor
way. So boarded a Broadway car, and
fifteen minutes later, twenty minutes
after the shots were fired, 1 was in the
city room of one of the greatest metro
politan newspapers.
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ct. Noticing a strong smell of powder
in the lobby. he asked an attendant for
an explanation. The attendant told hun
that two negroes had just been shooting
at each other and that one had been
wounded in the shoulder.
He told this. says Mr.. Gjerloff, as
though it were quite an everyday affair
and a matter of absolute indifference
to him. But what happened after that?''
1 asked. 'Oh, nothing much,'' replied
the attendant. Detective Sergeant
Hope, from the Lexington station, ar
The Washington times., 1904-04-24

distanced.
The animals were gray in color and
seemed to have a number of fippers.
They swan with an undulating move
ment in vertical plane. their bodies
not being rigid like that of a whale but
extremely flexible.
Nine days later, when the Avalanche
had on board the commander and eight
officers Of the French ship. Bayard, an
other of these monsters was encounter
ed and pursued for thirty-five minutes.
This time the boat was close enough
The Washington times., 1904-04-24
DAEDALUs SEA SERPENT
Seen August 9th. 1s4s.

the so-called sea serpents which have
been seen swimming rapidly near or on
the surface. with the head raised above
the water"
The individual which came ashore in
Hungry Bay, Bermuda, in 1860, was de-
scribed by excited persons as much
larger than he eventually proved to be,
eighteen feet actual measurement.
AS a matter of fact, it is not the
scientists who doubt the existence of
the sea serpent, but the hard-headed
people who pride themselves upon their
common sense.
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cross-examination before the Linnaean
Society of New England. The head of
the serpent was described as being as
large as a barrel and it's length about
100 feet. A list of authentic appear
ances of the sea serpent on the New
England coast is as follows:
Gloucester June 20, 1915
Gloucester August IO-29 1917
gloucester. Observation-Disclosures August, 1915
The Washington times., 1904-04-24

OF New Zealand.
The Regalecus is described as an open
sea Understanding fish having no
air bladder. 1t is of notified gray and
has crest or name of reddish brown.
The Smithsonian authority says: 'It
seems safe to assign TO this group all
The Washington times., 1904-04-24

THE PLEsIosAURUs, RESTORED.
America was in Gloucester Harbor. thir-
ty miles north of Boston. This was on
June %, 1875 1t was observed by no
less than fifteen people, who underwent
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Monsters of the
Sea Now Reco9-
nized as ACtUdIities
Instead of Dreams
of the Fictionist of
Past or Present.

THE sea serpent. Regarded in the
past as creature of mythology.
Recently. piece de resistance, of
the Summer hotel reporter, and
now. reluctantly but neverthe-
,ess fully recognized by science. Recog
nized and named. Megophias Magophias.
Emile G. Racovitza, of the French
Geological Society, has issued a paper
based upon statements made by officers
and crew of the French gunboat Ava
lanche
In 1897 the Avalanche was cruising in
the Bay of Fai-Tsi-Long, on the coast
Of Tonkin.
Hor commander. Lieutenant Lagesille.
swears that in July of that year he saw
two great swimming creatures in the
waters of the bay, each at least seventy
five feet long and eight or ten feet in
diameter. He Immediately took a shot
at them, range 1000 feet, whereupon
they both sank and did not appear again.
On the fifteenth Of the following
February, however, while again crossing
the bay, he saw a pair of the same
creatures. possibly the same individuals,
and fired repeatedly at the animals. but
at the end of an hour and a half reluc-
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Reports concerning these appearances
have not come from ignorant men, but
from such gentlemen as Colonel Thomas
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SjJ.SOS. 4Io.US
LIABILITIES.
S1.S03, ii0.OS
OFFICERS.

JOHN e. BLACK. President.
GEORGE NJ. REYNOLDS. Vice President
n. u. BARKER. Vice President.
IRA y. BOWEN. Assistant Cashier.
HESJAMIN ~ MAYER. Assistant Cashier.
w. q, SCHROEDER, Assistant Cashier.
H. WALDEcK, Assistant Cashier.
JOHN MCCARTHY, Assistant Cashier
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a general foreign exchange business
transacted. Travellers clrcnlar letters Of
credit Issued available In all parts Of the
world.
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THE continental
NATIONAL BANK
OF CHICAGO

Report Of Condition at Close Of Business
Thursday, Nov. 1Oth, 10ck
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DIRECTORS,

John G.. Black. W. e. Sclpp.
nerthold Locwcnthal. a. J. Earring.
]. ogden Armour, l.. A. Valentine,
Frederick Weycr. n. Il. Barker.
haeUscr. Geo. NJ. Reynolds,
Henry Botsford. a. W. Thompson,
Frank llibbard.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
A PECULIAR CASE.

Bridgeport. Ala, April 25th.-A re.
markable case and one which has puz.
Fled great many people Is reported
here. It is the case Of lady who evi.
IDENTIFY came very nearly having
paralysis. Her name is Mrs. Martha
Glasscock, and she tells the following
interesting story:
II was afflicted with a tingling sen.
sation In my flesh and burning In the
soles Of my feet and at times I would
be chilly and my feet and legs would
feel as II they had gone to sleep.
suffered in this way for over six years.
I was very much run down, and did
not seem able to get anything that
would do me good. until I commenced
q treatment Of q new remedy called
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"In short time every symptom Of
my old trouble was gone and | was
feeling better and stronger than I had
for years. gained ten pounds in
weight In three months. | can eat
heartily and l don't look like the
same person. I feel that I owe my
life to Dodd's Kidney Pills. I wish
I could tell every sick woman what
they have done for me-"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12

guard Of the Bryanites win vote for
Roosevelt IL Cleveland or anybody
conspicuously identified with the ex.
presidents element Of the party
should be nominated. This has been
announced many times. Ex-senator
Reagan Of Texas declared recently
that as between Roosevelt and Cleve.
land he is Roosevelt man. Many Of
the Bryanite contingent of the party
hold this attitude. Probably Reagan
is opposed to a man like Parker also,
for Cleveland is understood to favor
the judges candidacy. The st. Louis
convention of 1904 is likely to see q
fight which will make that emeute In
Chicago in 1896 seem like love
feast. The Democrats know they can
not win In 1904 in any case, and the
opposing bosses in the party there
fore are anxious to have their feuds
fought to finish this year-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
TALKING Pictures.

We have in the monograph fairly
good reproduction of the speaking or
singing voice, and in the cinemato-
graph Photographic imitation of
movement. That combination of the
two would be striking and valuable
has occurred to many inventors, but
hitherto none has succeeded in com.
bining them practically, chiefly be.
cause the difficulty of making the two
devices move in perfect time. This
has now been effected by two French
inventors, who operate the cinemato-
graph by an electric motor controlled
by device on the photograph axle.
The two pieces of apparatus-optlcal
and acoustical-thus keep perfect ac'
cord and the result is said to be most
satisfactory.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
Make No Promises.

"The hope of success in our work
In the Philippines" says Secretary
Taft, SIS tranquility of the public
mind" That is one reason why he can
not agree with the well-intentioned
and ill-informed gentlemen who have
petitioned the two great party organi-
cations to insert in their platforms a
promise to the Filipinos that they will
ultimately be given independence. The
secretary assumes the Democrats will
do what is asked of them. No doubt
they will. They have a habit of blum
dering where the Philippines question
is concerned. AS for the Republicans,
they will make no mistake on this
point.
Vague promises of ultimate indie
pendence" in party platforms will COM
NIT the country to nothing, but they
will be seized on by the malcontents
in the archipelago and made the basis
Of a new agitation. The action Of the
political organizations will be falsely
represented to a densely ignorant pop
ulation as meaning speedy independ-
ence-next month or next year. There
will be turmoil and tumult. The rest.
less and turbulent spirits will reas-
sumo their ascendency. The peaceful
and educated Filipinos, who are salts
fed with the present situation and
who ought to be the leaders of their
people, the afflicted with timidity.
They will keep quiet while "the
heather rage and the people, imagine
vain thing"
The time for decision as to whether
the Filipinos should be given indie
pendence cannot arise, says Secretary
Taft, who knows them better than
any other American, "for a consider.
able period, probably several genera
tions." 1t would be criminal folly to
throw firebrands among the Filipinos
by promising them ultimate indie
pendence." They should be promised,
and be given without delay, better
transportation facilities in the form
of railroads and highways, the untaxed
admission Of all their products to the
United States, and all other practical
gifts that will promote prosperity and.
consequently, peace.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
JAps MAKE NO FUSS.
5usinesslike Methods In the Departure
of Soldiery.

Suslnessllke Methods In the Departure
Of soldlery.
This is a picture of battalion leav.
ing Toxic for the Chinese war at the
railway station; Suddenly the public
are instructed to wait little and the
turnstiles are locked. At last the great
iron gates at the end of the platform
are opened and the head Of the battal-
ion appears. 1t marches straight on
till the leading company arrives at the
front carriage.
The battalion is halted, turns to.
ward the train; in moment the train
Is packed as full as 1t can hold. The
guard whistles, the train moves on.
There are no friends on the platform
no women-no band playing "The
Girl Left Behind Me-" "All is quiet,
all is great" everything betokens or.
der and quiet determination. Now the
train has gone, the great gates are
shut, the turnstiles are opened, the
next ordinary passengers train Is
ready to depart ION time" This is, as
far as can remember, the exact de-
scription Of Japanese battalion leav-
ing for the front In the Chinese war.
Who can resist such nation as this?
London Telegraph.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
Free TO Twenty-Five Ladies',

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st. Louis Exposition, to five ladies'
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tered mail September 9Th. Starch Toe
sale by all dealers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
oLDTIMER WENT THE LIMIT.
Can Any One Remember a Wlndier
Day Than This?

Day Than This?
; The late William c. Whitney used
to relate a conversation that he heard
In his youth between two Connecticut
farmers during his student days at
Yale.
These two old men," he would be-
gin, always were contradicting and
deriding one another. They were
friends; they liked to betogether; but
all their talk was made up of sneers
and SCOTS.
zone windy March day they fell
into an argument on the question Of
high winds. They disputed bitterly as
to which Of them could remember
the most windy day.
The younger of the two said:
Well, Josh, mind the mornin' o.
April four; in the year '03, when
'twuz so ALFRED windy that 1t took
the crows two hours to fly from the
ten-acre lot to their roost by the
green barn-a fly o. less'n mile
'Shucks, william, said the older
farmer, I mind days so windy that
the crows had to walk home. New
York Notes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
The Japansse soIdlar.

Rice and fried fish form the food
Of the japanese army In campaigning
times. The rice is boiled until quite
thick and glutlnous, and then cut into
squares. When possible fruit Is sub.
stituted for fish. The japanese sol
der, according to NJ. PIchon, has mus.
Giles like whlpcord, is a sure shot, has
an eye for landmarks, and a memory
for locality. He can do with three
hours sleep out OF the twenty-four,
is clearly. attends to sanitary instruc.
lions. and is ardently patriotic. He
costs the state about . cents a day,
and thinks himself well on.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
A nreat Enonomln ouentlon.

The question of the protection and
development of our home industries
is not one of party politics. as the
adherents of the protection idea are
found in all Of our great political
parties. Protection is great eco
nomic question, and we see what won
derful effects it has brought about in
this country, and also in Germany.
and the efforts that are now making
in England to change the economic
theories Of that country. which they
have run along free trade lines for
six decades.-The Louisiana Planter
and Sugar Manufacturer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
Why PlIIa Crime.

Just because they contain harsh ana
drastic drugs, with nothing to modify theiF
violent action. II In need Of laxative.
you will obtain satisfactory results by talr-
Ing DR.. Caldwells Naxative) Syrup Pep
sin, o corrective" not "cathartic'' lazaS
tive. Its action Is gentle, 1t assists natura
to put the stomach and bowels in normal
condition and ne, er sickens; children, ~
well as grown people, love It for It's pleas
mt taste. Tho soothing action Of the pep
sin makes the digestive process perfect
Try 1t and you win wonder why you never
have before. All druggists sell IT, 6Os
and S1.O0 sizes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
Not The Medicine He Wanted.

Human life Is full OF disappoint.
ments. For instance, Representative
John Sharp Williams, the minority
leader of the national house, has
been suffering from a severe cold.
He diagnosed his ailments to Mrs.
Williams. 81 gave her every symptom
l thought should cause the prescrib-
ing Of good, old.fashioned whisky
toddy with plenty of sugar" he says,
but the ways of women are past
understanding. What do you think
she prescribed after listening to my
symptoms? Nothing more and moth
ing less than a mustard plaster?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
What II Claims.

The free trade Philadelphia Record
sneeringly remarks that "the Repub-
llcan party is the claimant of all the
country's prosperity, including the rise
in the price Of wheat" oh, no, It is
not. It merely claims to be the earn
est supporter Of policies which tend to
promote and maintain the country's
prosperity. And the beauty Of the con-
tentlon is that experience has proved
It to be correct. The lean years when
the Democratic policy Of free trade
was in operation are all that need be
cited to attest the fact-Troy Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
euhmarIna cabIoa.

There are 100000 miles Of Subma-
nne cables, enough 10 30 eight times
around the globe. Their cost was
about 120o.0o0.0oo. Their present
value Is tsoo,ooo.00o. DeopSca cables
are a solid Investment Tho shortest
cable Is onefourth mile In length;
the longest Is 1900 miles. Tie total
number 70 100.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
Not So Poor as We Thouoht.

The shrinkage of security values that
began with the Northern Pacific panic
of 1901 has not had all the effects that
were feared at the time.
Really hard times did not come.
Speculation did indeed collapse, and
investment tottered. But the great In
dustries and the great commerce that
connects producer and consumer went
on, more slowly-much more slowly
but still steadily.
What we lost in the heavy weather
was not the ship of prosperity itself,
but some of its sails. What we suf-
fered from most was not decline Of
producing and consuming ability, but
loss of confidence.
However, the crops have been large
and more valuable than in previous
years. Bank clearlngs and railway
earnings are showing to-day the In.
creasing activity In commerce. Fluid
capital is SO plentiful that gold goes
abroad because 1t is cheaper here than
there. We were better of tnan we
knew.
The future cannot be said to be
wholly clear. But the great legal and
financial issue made by the Northern
Securities case has been met without
revolutionary procedures. Common
sense in the adjustment Of labor dis
putes is plainly increasing.
With a wise choice as result Of the
political campaign now impending
there seems no reason why the Amer
lean people should not find their pros
perity in 1906 not only substantial but
general.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
poos Of ManehurIo.

Dograisihg is rractioed in Manchu.
ria much as sheep-farmiug Is carried
on elsewhere. A Manchurisn bride
takes her dowry in dogs. slx II she be
the daughter OF poor parents, more II
they be wealthy. The brutes serve as
meat for human consumption and
their magnificent coats are converted
into rugs aud garments.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
The chasm in tho Democracy.

Ex.United States Senator Pettigrew,
one OF the Bryan stalwarts, says he
will bolt the ticket II Cleveland or
anybody like him is nominated. Pet.
tigrew is not quite so big parsonage
as he was a few years ago, but he
has a pull yet among the Democrats
of his state. His views on the Cleve-
land matter are undoubtedly held by
a large majority of his party in South
Dakota and vicinity. These views, In
fact, are very popular among Demo.
Gratis in nearly all the states west of
the Mississippi, and they are enter
tanned in some Of the states between
the big river and the Alleghanies.
How does Pettigrew stand on
Parker? The presumption is that he
is against him. The Democrats of
South Dakota, by an immense major
.ty, are going to Hearst, according
10 accounts. The New York editor
and congressman is making some
thing like clean sweep in the prairie
and mountain states. He will come
TO st. Louis with big delegation be.
hind him. PettIgrew win be one of
his supporters. In his interest many
OF the former Bryanite chieftains, in.
Guiding Bryan himself, will work.
This is the way things are shaping
among the Democrats Of the trans
Mississippi states
The principal Significance which
this has for the country at large is
that Il showJ the chasm in the Dem
ocracy Is still open. AS the conven-
ton approaches It Is likely to get
wider instead Of narrower. The old
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12

The three largest libraries Of the
world are the Bibliothsque Rationale,
Paris. France, 3.ooo. 900 volumes, in.
GLIDING pamphlets; British Museum
Library. London. England. 1000. 900;
Imperial Library Of st. Petersburg.
Russia, 100000. The library Of Con.
crosses at Washington. contains 1.Ooo.-
900 volumes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-12
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