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BROWN INFANTRY CHARGES,

/. "A portion of our right wing charged
against !: the trenches on Sungshu
Mountain. and a portion OF our center
wing charged :against the trenches on
.Rih'lung Molintair and on the southern
part of 'Pohsian. Mountain. and. took
.peSsession of them without heavy. less
/: simultaneously with the occupation
of the places from which the Russians
had been driven the eneyny.. posted in
the forts in. thatr- vicinity in conjuRcr
tion with the forts on West SitaiyaHg-
k0u. Manteo Mountain, Golden Hill,
Paiyu Mountain and Eaolinchus, con-
centrated his fire : against the points
W here our assaults were progressing,
The eneBy's shells were defective. a
large mine exploded on the slope of
RihEung' Mountain, but none of our
MEN were. killed by it.
.'On the same. night. with. the object
of. preventing the Russiaps making re-
pairs. our siege anf naval guns shelled
'the forts ON .Rihlung Mountain. East
Keekwan Mountain and Sungshu
Mountain. The eneny's warshiDs. and
machinery building also were sheIIed.
The enemy. hllding SuRgshu and
,RihIung mountains, under the pEotec-
:tioA of a shell fire, undertook severaE
night attacks but all Of. them wete re.
pulsed. -. .: -.
. .On October q the bombardsne1t
with our siege guns was continued,
and the fire: of. our naval guns was di-
rected against Sungshu. Itz, Anshu.
Pasyu and Rihlung: m0un tains. and also
against the dockyard and the war
ships
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NoGI REPORTS. PROGRESS.


tiers to- night published. a series Of re-
ports. from General: Nogi. covering the
operations against. Port Arthur during
the, months Of August, September. aItd
October, The: chief interest .oenteTs in
the tremendous attack which was be-
gun. on October :26 and is continuing.
Hundreds of Japanese guns began
battering against. the northerly and
SaSteTly forts on. October 26s. the in
fantry going: forward with desperate
rushes. where. the artillery had prepared
the way while the pioneers and sap
pers. were :rtnring mines against the.
Russian ferts.. The reports record a.
series Of desperate encounters at close
range and tell a dramatic. starry. Be
ginning with that, covering the. attack.
Of October 20; they are as follows:
From $50: o. cIock in the morning
the forts on Sungshu :'afd Rihlung
mountains, the eastern group of forts
on .Keekw.an. MoQRtain and a fort ly-
ing to the north. OF the latter were bonn
barded with: OUR siege guns and naval
:ordnance and $50 shells took effect, The
naval guns Directed. against the Sung
shu and .Rihlung mountain forts sent
many effective shells The parapet Of
the RffiIung Mountain fort was tfemol-
ished and openings were made in the
fort. Several portions Of the cover
were destroyed. .s ..
Two of the most important covers
of the Sungshu Mountain fort were de-.
stroyed by suF shells. One fifteen-cen.
timeter gun was .dismouRted and an
other was damaged. One gun on the
northern foft 9f-East .Keekwan Noun
tain was. destroyed. -.
From q o'clock in the afternoon.
other sfege guns were directed against
the trenches on: all the slopes of Sung
shu Mountain and Rihlung Mountain,
and against. the trenches on the south
side OF: Pohslan Mountajn-. All these.
TRENCHES were. heavily damaged by E
~ slncL. II, tha aSfarr1nnn :.
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Herald Copyright 1904. by the. New Yer
" Herald Publishing Company.
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EFFECTS OF THE CANNONADE.

/ 'iOf the effects of our. bonbardment
those. deserving special mention are the
/: effects realized against fort on East
Keekra.a Mountain, where a gun and
/. its, carriage were completely destroyed: !:
the destruction of. a banQuette lying
between the east end of.the north front
and the center of Rfhiung. Mountain
fort, scattering the cover thereof and
destroying two small guns, and the
. demolition of a gun on the. east front
of the same fo@t.
Several of our Shells took effect on
the southeastern corner of the same
fort. destroying its cover and smashing
two nsachjns>. gums into pieces. One
gun, placed on d projected point of the
Sungshu Mountain fort, was dislodged
and one 12-centimeter. gun in the cen-.
ter of the left wing was demolished,
while the covers also were destroyed.
I. During the same night our en-.
gineer corps was sent. against the,
northern part of East Keekwan Noun
tain and succeeded. in destroying the
outer easement of a projected point
During the night theienenly resorted
to every means TO obstruct. our work.
assaulting and using bombs. At the
same time the Russians worked ener-
geticaIIy in .efTecting repairs on some
portions Of their forts damaged by our
shells.
/. .-On October 2s the borinbardment
with heavy and other siege guns. was
continued and.its effect was good. Two
hundred and eighty-five effective shells
have. been counted and besides these
several other shells took effect on the
forts of Ansliu Mountain Itz Mountain.
Paiyu Mountain and on hill 203
meters high. f.
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"A school for parrots 1s now IN full
swing In Philadelphia. 1t is tho only ono
Of its Kind IN existence, and Is creating
q great stir III every quarter Madam
Hope, a German lady OF culture and re-
Z finoment, Is the founder and principal OF
this novel institution she teaches her
pupils to speak by fncdhs Of the talking
machine, her method showing great i'd
vance over the old way Of teaching tho
bird WITH a human voice. ~ ~
'"rho old way Of teaching parrots is
not to bo compared with my present sys--
tenn" said Madam Hope, leaving her
class to welcome her Visitors. MY old
way was so tedilos, and sometimes. l
must confess, altogether unsatisfactory.
Over and ovcr--thousands Of timcs-tho
Same words, the same phrases, had to be
repeated. seldom allowed one Of my
pupils to sec mo while lessons were going
on For a parrot, you know. only learns
new words when Its attention is quite
0ndistrncted.
SIN giving lessons my old way l have
ent crouched In corner until my back
achcd from my cramped and still POSI-
ton, and until my voice cracked and
gave out repeating: Polly wants a
crackcrl Polly wants d cracker Polly
wants q cracker
I'm giving a lesson by my old method
I either covered the parrots cages with
hood, or else hid from their sight In q
corner or behind q screen. the latter CIV
Ing by far the better result. And at the
end OF few weeks my teaching became
exceedingly tedious and fatiguing, al
though love it SO well.
"A1y exercises, rs a rule. never last
over fifteen minutes But you have no
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Columbus sailed for the New World'
created a civilization that for many years
has been not less remarkable,
In recent years there has been tend
ency on the part of writer's who have
visited the Azores to shatter the Illusion
of the iblessedness' Of the islands; ;
and tales have been spread to the effect
that these outposts Of Europe are being
rapidly depopulated by migration to the
United States, Such stories, often
written up with that exaggeratlon or
statement which some popular globe-trot-
tors affect have created a false impress
sion. 1t Is. of course, q fact that for many
years Inc Portuguese government was
very rigid In Its enforcement OF the con-
scrjpton laws; that young fellows IN
great numbers. to avoid military service
would smuggle themselves aboard sailing
vessels bound for New BEDFORD or l3os''
ton. and would there acquire citizenship,
usually With the intention Of returning
eventually to theig native land, putA ostsp
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Portugal, no other nation gett'n6 wv"
taste Of It. Here. too. according 70 the
average tourist from tho United states,
is a chance for enterprlslng Americans
ponta pelgada Is found by the Amef'-
can visitor to bo distinctly for1usueso
cltv Of the Middle Ages-qualnt ana PIC
turesoue; clean even to tho we'1-maue
roads that lead to the hills; friendly py
day and VIGOROUSLY sleepy by night. ~
spite OF Its size 1t Is but rambling ola
Gown in spirit the kind that people IN
search OF rest delight to find. the NUE.
laden with fruits or the produce OF the
fields, still ambles peacefully through the
fne old squares, The men and women
Of the country. barefoot and wearing the
dress OF their ancestors, mlngle with me
merchants and the townspeople, and pass
within the ancient cathedral church. IN
the general peacetulness one wonders not
SO much that the islanders do not take
advantage Of every commercial oppor-
tunity in sight, but that they are as en-
tsrprislnE and ensrgeslc ~ they ars
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THE HEART or ENGLAND.

realize how the voice Of mourning ID
sounding yonder: how Rachel weeps for
her. children. and will not be comforted
because they are not"
"A white pail OF snow wraps the Lake
Shore City in q shroud4 the tolling bells,
the silent processions. the murmured
prayers, are constantly before us.
The old Christmas story has been told
afresh, and the Christmas hymns have
scarcely died on our ears. and trouplns
out Of the past comes the triumphant pro-
cesslon Of the holy innocents.
The baby faces are radiant now, the
hour Of pain is past; they have been
Gods messengers for two thousand years.
as we count time and 1t seems to me as
though these children lean over the par
apet OF heaven to-day and hold out happy
hands to help that band. who. through ro,1 y
moment, are entering heavens gate; they
are waiting to teach them the LAMPS
song the shout Of victory: waiting 10
lead them into the green pastures. Pc
side the river OF the Water of Lie, the
children's playground IN the land or ete'-
nal spring. a
The moments of pain are ,passea. me o
hour Of trial over. and believe II they
who are safe yonder could send. q mes,
sage back to sorrowing hearts 1t would
be to tell them that In the midst OF their
fiery trial they were not alone. but ono
walked with them who was ike TO the
Son of God.
when the clouds are lifted. those tear,
dimmed eyes may see the loved ones any az. :.
the children beckoning to them from their
heights Of eternal safety.
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The wind swept through the dull streets
the leaden sky foretold stormy night as
the city folk were turning homeward,
when oh sudden the hurrying feet were
stopped Tho evening newsboys ran down
the darkening streets, one shrill cry rent
the air: "Terrlble disaster in the city OF
Chicago.
Never before had understood how
close is the bond which links England TO
America bond which is not only the
result OF knship, but rather the higher
boiler tie Of the brotherhood Of humanity.
What wonder then that faces OF unut-
terable sadness were bent over the pages
which told the story OF the appalling ca
lanity which had, but q few short hours
ago, befallen the people OF the CITY OF
Chicago.
IA Never before had / SO realized the SOL
idarity of the race-solidarlty which IS
the natural outcome OF family life; 1t IS
its expression and Its expansion, Tor the
history OF the family Is the history o. We .
nation, and the history OF the nation is
the history OF the world. "a.
Through the slow mills OF God this
central creation OF the human family
has been produced and perfected, until,
the benediction of the Christian age rest
Ing upon 1t. It 4 has widened out. 70 a
higher, holicr conception. embracing az
humanity than any preceding thought
had brought to man. la
I passed on from the city, with ats
great houses of commerce. ITS immense
storetouses of wealth. the Mansion Eouse
symbol Of its civic power, oyershadoW dow y
est church, away toward the squalid east
through crowded Whitechapel up the
great artery Of London's sordid side. tn
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about ceased. Industrial conditions ~
the islands are again on the upward, "
is true that the orange groves have not
again begun to pay as In the old days
before the competition Of Sclllan and
American orchards became so fierce and
before a blight fell upon the trees.
Groves all over the Islands have been cut
down and the new growth Of trees is
only beginning to bear, But ample re-.
compense is found In the lucrative in
,dustries Of dlstillatlon and pineapple
raising,
Probably there has been no more res
markable recent development In tropical
fruit growing that that Of the hothouse
pineapple, as raised in the Azores, These
huge fruits, far more delightful and
tasteful than the little wild pineapples
Of Central America. are seldom seen in
our country. Practically the whole out
put from the hundreds Of GO nseryat tories
on San Miguel and other ISLANDS goes to
Great Britain. The tourist y Y slwayys
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BY LADY HENRY SOMERSET.

I camo to the heart Of It's sorrow. Its
suffering; and there, again. faces pale
with privation and pinched with cold
were reading those same terrible head
lines. and from the heart of the people.
who had themselves graduated In the
school of sorrow. came the same unfa1l-
ing sympathy. {;
saw one woman carrying under her
thin shawl the bundle OF work over which
she had doubtless bent for many weary
DAYS, and for which she would receive her
plttancc at the sweaters hands. pause,
and Ms she read her weary eyes were
filled with tears.
"Por things, por things!" She said:
there's many hearts broken to-day. God
q. little tie children said a rough. shabby
man. IS clip me COG. jits more nor !
can bear to think about.
brol Ike o HEARTED, from the King, on his
throne to the humble toiler IN the East !, i
End. ali were of one mind that day, a.!
were illed with a great compassion Tor
the people in the land Of mourning across
II There is no power in all the ages that
has been greater no more .unselllsh IN
stinct. han the love of humanity.
II is to this wider patriotism ina.
Christ appealed when He tells us ae a.
and again that He came 10 10 t ,pLiob e nc.
nmrs over a hundred times In the four
gospels; and there isi.a note OF triumph
| a shout Of victory, which Appeals 70 m IN
most unselfish ms tlncts that nave macs az
AI And to through these days how vividly we
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astonished at their enormlty ana luxur|-
ance, They are no ordinary pines. these,
Of the thlrty-cent variety, but a fruit that
retalls In the London markets at from
four shillings to a guinea apiece, 10
raise these pneapples requires little
capital but only small plot of land, and
more and more Of the islanders are build
ing hothouses. Ono OF these days, SO
every Yankee visitor says to himself.
American enterprise will unquestionably
secure a share OF them for the markets
OF our large cities. where they will be
esteemed as great q dellcacy as they
already are In England
n all the products Of the piner|es OF
the Islands are good, so are those OF the
distillerles Of Ponta pelgada. which are
coming to employ each year a greater and
greater number Of the peasantry at
wages that, considering the cost OF living
in the islands, have to be regarded rs
very fair. The products axe made en-
t.rely from the sweet potato and indian
corn, and the entire output gees e
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discovering In Uncle SANS dominion bet
ter opportunities for a livlihood than
exist In their own Blessed Isles They
known the United States. for their coun'
trymen have settled In numbers IN Mass
achusetts and the New England States,
and particularly In California; but there
has been no such stampede from the
islands as careless writer's have said.
For time. 1t Is true, there was q
period Of depression, such ms settles upon
most countries now and then. and Yisl-
tors We're surprised to find that IN tbs
midst Of natural conditions which SEEM
ingly should support n population In opu7
lence, the peasantry We're poor; that 50
per cent. Of them have never learned TO
read and write; that industry was re-
pressed and that agriculture, carried on
by means OF the most primitive im-
PIGMENTS, had ceased TO he profitable, n
Yet the people with whom one talks
to-day In Ponta pelgada declare that
whatever depression has existed has new
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8Bs..ausAs
NOMANS NOVEL PLAN FOR EDUCATING PARROIS e. 60

ttered through the exercise In an ems
barrassing fashion at first. getting 80
confused In class Study that he invariably
would say. yankee Doodle went to 8
vent Abiding on"-which sounded 80
absolutely simple 10 him and to his chssA
mates, who invariably took theft cue
from the head scholar, that he was aboue
ieaing heart over the involved sentence
when his teacher took him out Of the
class altogether and put him In a class
room all by himself. Here he SOON
learned the couplet perfectly. The others
she confined to less difficult lesson.
Dewey's progress was amazing. Over
ana over the talking machine spoke out
tho words, and over and over Dewey
reneated them after 1t, until finally no &
cculd gay the sentence from start to 7
finish, his delight at his accomplishment
being no greater than his teachers.
It takes about a week to learn n phrase
This Is accomplished by thirty minutes
study every day, the lesson continuing
for fifteen minutes In the morning and
tia samo length Of time In the after
neon. WI
The cylinders used by Madame Hope
in her School for Parrots are Of extre
large size, and II she thought best she
could keep one particular phrase sounding
In a parrots ear ali day long. But this
is not the best course to pursue. Pro-,
longed study, so this expert In parros
education says, makes the bird nervous
and irritable. At the same time It takes.
tho parrots appetite away, O thing Mad~
amo Hope would never listen to. 5.SSs 3S3$
There were about twenty pupils in th0
School for Parrots at the time Of open.
ing the Institution, and the principal kon
about as many as she cares to admit ~
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LIFE IN Japan. MRS john ! LOGAN

to see them changed. Russia has ever
heen a steadfast friend to the United
States and, therefore. we should ike 10
feel that she would not willingly do any
people a wrong. especially people whom
she considers weaker than herself.
No nation outside Of the two countries
has any right to express an opinion as
to the merits Of the questions which have
occasioned the present warlike attitude
or these two countries, but there may
como a ime when other nations may
decide the time has arrived for inter-
ference on account OF violation OF civil
lized warfare.
Should that time arrive there Is moro
than one nation ready to demand that
barbarities shall cease. the weaker nation
generally receiving the sympathy OF the
stronger ones not involved in the strife.
I It must be admitted that the japanese
are a most ingenious people, and that
they are likely to make the most OF their
resources. The question Of resources is.
al ter all the most important one In q
great conflict between nations.
They arc a wise people and know the
4 T. = d : - { 20 Z T.
resources OF their island kingdom. and
are ready to protect them with their
lives and their treasure.
They may not have money with which
to carry on d protractea war THAT they
havo been encouraged by loans there IS
little doubt. and they may know Wnere
they car, renew and increase them limit
lessly, and therefore may develop unex-
pected strength. ~ Jls5s4
Russia Is also borrower, and has little
advantage over Japan IN that dlrectloH,
Japan claims she has rloh mines, and
We have seon how England poured out
her best blood and her millions to save
her mines In South Africa.
Gold sometimes rivals all else IN the
minds Of a people. and will inspire them
to heroic deeds and stupendous sacrifice
For the sake Of humanity It Is to be
hoped that all differences between thess
two and nil other nations may be settled
without resort to the arbltrament OF
arms,
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Especial Correspondence Of Tho 'T1Hles-
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PoNTA. DELGApA, AZORES, Jan,
10.-"The Blessed Isles" as they used 70
be called the nearest of European VIM
ter resorts to the United States, the re-
mains, according to popular belief, o.
the tabled continent of tlantts, where
the Garden of the Hesperdes grew golden
fruit; "My Island" which Grant Allen
once described In an entertaining essay
explaining how they rose from the ocean
floor In the middle of the Mlocene period
these appear as little black specks on
the map one-third of the distance across
from southern Europe, They We're early
covered With beautiful vegetation and
people with interesting animal life; they,
are still the delight Of scientist and art
list, True the advent of man to an
extent spoiled the game from the natural
lists point Of view, but these men them-
selves, sturdy Portusuese and Flemish
psvisatoss who settled here shortly bes0re