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We We're sitting together in one of the
private dining rooms at the cafe Richie,
my friend Andre Palma, the famous
violinist. and myself.
He was in evening dress, and among
the many orders which covered his coat
lapcls l noticed for the first time the
Grand Cross of the Blue Eagle.
He saw that [ was looking at it, and
said in his soft, melodiOus voice: You
are looking ut my Blue Eagle, Paul.
Would you like to hear the little TO
nance cOnnectsl with it?"
Why. certainly, Andre"
'Well. it's an old story" he comment
ed. 1t goes back to my first youth.
when | WAS still poor, unknown and
happy.
II had accepted an offer from an i'm
presario to play at the Casino ut
Scheveningen. The salary was small
but it was the only offer l had, and |
had to give private lessons to help out.
Il played two numbers every night
before very fashionable audience, and
was Very cordially received. When |
had played maybe a dozen times | no.
ticed two ladies, one young, the other
older, always seated in the same seat
near the platform. The younger seemed
quite enraptured with my playing.
'One morning at breakfast the waiter
brought me Il letter stamped with a
royal crown.
Il opened it. i contained only a few
lines. asking me to call at a certain
villa the sam" afternoon, and was
signed Louise Princess of Altenburg
In the afternoon at | rang the bell
of the villa with shaking hand I knew
that ! was awkward and unused to the
etiquette of high society. and dreaded
to meet the princess whom | knew to
be related to the imperial family, but
claimed down when | saw the extreme
simplicity of the reception room.
"A minute later two ladies entered
ana [ immediately recognized in the
younger my admirer from the Casino
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15
LEFT-HANDED PEOPLE.
They Are Most Numerous in the Grim
inaI Glass;

inal Glass.
Professor Lombroso in the North
American Review: las is universally
known, we use the right hand very
much more commonly than the left.
the number of persons who are more
agile with the left hand being COM
paratively small. They are ordinarily
round among women, children and saw
ages, ana they We're more numerous in
ages past than they are now Much
has been written of these persons. but
as no one has heretofore tried to de
ternine their frequency by means of
statistics | decided to undertake that
task with the aid of my friend. Pro-
fessor Mario.
Among l,029 operatives and soldiers
found a proportion of per cent. in
men and to per cent. in women.
Among lunatics the proportions are
not much different. on the other,
studying certain number of Grim
inals, the quota of left handedness was
found more than tripled in men, 10 per
cent, and nearly quintupled in women.
- per cent. Some particular kinds of
criminals, however. as, for example,
swindlers, offered me again e much
greater proportion. 33 per cent, While
murderers and ravishers give less
from to 10 per cent. At all events,
this is new characteristic, which
ditferentiates them from sane people,
as we'll as lunatics.
AS appetite comes in eating accord
ing to the provcrb), so, once in the
midst of these first discoveries, l
wished to see it l could not go further
in my researches Until now, |
thought, left-handedncss only has been
studied Would it not be worth the
trouble to search if there be not. also.
what one may call 'left-sidedness as
applied to the senSeS-that is. ii there
be not men who nave a greater Se1Si-
bility on the LETT than on the right side?
With this idea l Instituted a kind of
physiological surveillance over a num-
Der of my friends and colleagues, and
over some worklngmen.
''As q result | found that left-sided-
ness is in much larger proportion than
lett-handedneSS. showing itself in no
less than 26 per cent. of normal people.
The curiousfa appeared also that LETT
handed people dc not have more of tits
sensitive left-sidedness than right
handed people. and not even as much,
at least in the sense of touch as GRIM
inals, who average - per cent. al
though they show a difference in the
intensity of tho sense of touch The
proportion of sensitive left-sided people
among criminals however, becomes
very much more if one takes INTO ac-
count the scnsibility to pain. which
they have more highly developed in the
left side. and visual sharpness, which.
according to the calculations of DR..
Bono, is not only greater in them than
In honest men. but is more accumulated
in the left eve than in the right In
lunatics as is revealed by the research
| es of Tonnini and AMAZED. the sensi-
tive left-sidedness is almost more the
rule than the exception, rising as high
as IA per cent. 1t appears then tba
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15
A MachiayelIi of the Pots

Baltimore Americana: Mistress-Look
here, Miranda, I've been teaching YOU
these same things now for three weeks,
Is 1t possible that you are so dumb
that I'll have to keep right on staying
in the kitchen with you?
Miranda-Law sakes, Missus. sit
hain,t dumhness. knows jes as well
as Kin be how to do dat wuk, but I
jes so fond o yo' s'ciety dat jes hadn't
the haht t tell you all dat I kin do
it, case knows you-allll quit a-comin'
in de kitchen.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

Harper's Weekly: Several people who
got Very Widespread regulations in odd
ways have Lately died. one was Cap
tain Boycott late Of County Mayo. in
Ireland who lent his name quite invol-
unfairly to the English language. He
VAS Il squire in a small way and 4 land
agent, who had used harsh measures to
collect agricultural r2nts in bad sea
sons. and happened to be the first per
son on whom WAS tried the recommends
agiou OF Nh Parnel, who urSed the
Irish peasants to abstain fIom Violence
against landlords ana land agents and
ihsted let them severely alone. Cap
tain Boycott was let alone until he
nearly Starved. and boycott" promptly
took its place in The dtctionary He
died, IN London apparently, about June
II.
on the same day in Germantown Fa
lied Christian *. Ross. known through
out this country as tn" father OF Char
ley Ross. Who was stolen from home on
July |, 1874. and WAS never heard Of
afterwards. 1t has happened to Phla-
delpha to furnish the two most famous
mysteries of this generation. The fate
u, Charley Ross was one. and the other
IS the Kaeiey motor. Alter endless in
vestigation at large cost, nothing deli
mite has been lScertAin9d about either.
Nh Ross lived to be a years old. For
years hc devoted the greater part of his
TINE to the search for his son.
Father kneipp. the Inventor OF the
kneipp water cure, died at Wo5rish-
oven, Bavaria. on June II. In his youth
he was sicltly and the course OF treat
ment to which he gave his name was
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15
While Twilight fingers.

While twilight fingers in the .anc and
vesper bells are softly ringing.
And faint and farfa sweet refrain the
happy whippoorw.lls are singing:
when frehies dot the fragrant dell and
doves their fond good nights are COO
ing,
Oh then there comes the bl.ssful spell the
gods and graces grant for woong.
Irpon the roses lips of love the cooling
dews are gently falling,
AS from the coverts of the groves the
nlghtingales their mates are calling
And once again ! hea- a voice and feel
the clasp of puilsing fingers.
And once again our hearts rejoice, while
IN the lane the twilight fingers
Nixon Waterman.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15
GETTING All He Could

First Congressman-Yes I'm laying
by something for rainy day.
Second Congressman-Judging from
the coin you're collecting this session
you must expect a deluge.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

Pennsylvania has just been added to
the list of states which make the Lincon
birthday, February u, a legal holiday.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

During the warm, sunny days in June
the young turkeys should be permitted
to range far out into the fields where
they can get bugs and worms and
grasshoppers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

I. IF thunder travels 100 miles in two
minutes, and lightning goes twice as
fast, how far can lightning go IN ten
minutes??''
Il don't know. maam amt no
lightning calculator.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

Mugg.ns--I saw Softleigh and his hes
girl. eating ice cream iast night. Busgins--
i thought there was a GOODNESS between
them.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

the teachings of the west. and with
proud and determined ambition te
eXalt the Monaghan Orient to the lead.
ersip of the political and commercial
world, Japan will not hesitate in it:
crusade in China to adopt any of the
litanies. religions, Applications, or sacer.
dotalSm of the West that may serve
to advance the Asatic cause.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

glistened in his eye and we sat
long in silence
Let US go, Paul" he finally said %
need fresh air and the life on the
boulevard will wipe out the thoughts
OF what might have been but should
},1
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

You deceived me when you married
me-
Not half as much as deceived my
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

"Blooner claims thar he has Invented an
nirship that will really travel through the
atmosphere says McNubber.
who" Blooner? asks Fadoogus. Hin
always was Tightly"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

Miss Contradict am an enthusiastic
admirer of Wagner
Pincevard--So am I. He's q dandy
shortstop and one Of the best batters
in the National league.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15
''N an -


~ Nt'il Nbb Hi''Il !-''-b-!
Mr.. Hede dropped that boy then and
there but the story was SO good that h-
told it when he reached the house press
gallery.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

Tho austrian government is figuring
on prices and plans to use electric mo-
tive power on its railroads instead of
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

She COMMUNICATIONS! All! love is in.
toXication.
He (practicaD-I know, but I've
taken the pledge.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

Bill Watcher carryin' the bail for,
Pete?
Pete-Dose fly cops wot caught me
said 1 made de last quarter in 3b, and
now TEA carryin' top weights.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-31
RUSSIAN FLAG LOWERED
Gear Orders Disarrvrent OF Two
Warships al Shanghai.
OUT OF THE FIGHT TILL THE END
Under international Law They Must
Remain IN Port Until the
war Is over.

The correspondent OF the London
Times at SHANGHAI IN u dispatch dat.
ed August "a. says that orders from
Emperor Nlthuas have been conveyed
to Captain Re. zensteln commanding
Tim forthwith to dlsarm the cruiser
AskOld and the torpedo boat destroyer
Grozo,ol and that "the flags on both
vessels were lowered at once"
The final assault on Port Arthur Is
imminent Hundreds OF Japanese
guns continue to pour destructive
lire into the city and harbur. along
the lines OF forts and entertainments.
preparatory tor the infantry assault.
II is evident that the Russian lines
have been weakened and partly pcnc.
trntod In the vicinity of Autseshan
and ltseshan forts The entire lines
ui Russian deienses Immediately
U.Out the harbOr are within range OF
the japanese guns.
Japanese Official channels of inror-
nation remain closed. and the Navy
Departments announcement of the
striking of mine by the bat,leshp
Sovns,opOl and the firing upon the
Russian forts by the cruisers Nlssn
and Kasusa yesterday are the only
disclosures made for several days. It
Is believed here that both sides have
suffered heavy losses. and that the
final record viii make the slegc the
hlu1dics since Sedan
The Japanese are suprcmely conf.
dent of the ultimate result. The
leaders of the government await the
outcome In calm assurance. The
people are every wherc decorating
streets and houses and erecting arches
and nagsHns in preparation for ma.
tory.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-31
SLOPES RAN WITH BLOOD
frghtful Slaughter OF Japanese
at Port Arthur
$4,000 MEN DRIVE BACK 10000.
Assault Of July 80 Said to Have Re
suited IN Loss Of Ten
Thousand Mcn.

The slorming Of Port Arthur by the
Japanese Is costing the Mlkado'.
army thousands Of men. according e.
correspondent who sends in n ylyin
account of the fighting now going on
AT the fortress The Russian forces.
although greatly outuumbercd by the
japanese. are holding out nobly aud
nghting against great odds. The cor.
respondent writing Of the recent fight
ing says
with each additional report from
Port Arthur wonder increases both at
the persistence OF the Japanese at
tack and the heroic stubbornncss Of the
defenders Of the fortress. The Jap.
anesc are literally throwing away
thousands OF lives In the hope uf
shaking the courage of the Russian
troops. Major General Fock says he
Is confident the fortress cannot he
taken. but II II Is taken the whole Jap.
anese army will have To immediate H.
self on the slopes of the fortiilcations.
There we're five desperate assaults on
Green hills July 20. the Japanese re-
turning each t.me with apparently
inexhaustible relnforcemcnts. ON the
final assault. however. the Japanese
broke badly. throwing away their
guns, cartridge belts and even their
boots to facilitate their Night and
leaving 1000 dead or wounded. our
surgeons worked hcroically, impartial
ly aiding Japanese and Russians. The
japanese were so touched that they
tcarlully thanked the Russian sur.
gcOns
"The assault on Green hills was re-
peated on July q. and there were frc.
quant hand-to.hand encounters. the
Russians leaving the trenches TO fol
low their enemies The assaults of
July 2S and July 30 ON the Wolf hills
were not followed up the Japanese
being too severely shaken We eyac-
uated the Wolf hills chiefly for strate'
gle reasons. as the hills made the line
Of dcicnses too long TO cffectually
Withstand the furious attacks of the
Japanese.
The assault OF July 80 was made
In the dark of night In the hope OF
surprising the Russians. Sixty thou
sand men were hurled against our
1900, but we drove them back again
and again at the point of the bayonct.
n was another Shipka pass. The
Japanese poured In fresh battallons
and the slopes. covered with the dead
and the dying. literally ran with
blood"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-31
FATAL PsN|C PARTY
A Disastrous Storm Visits Merry
Makers.
DEATH VISITS PICNIC GROVE.
-Four Killed and Many injured by Fall
ing Trees During Terrific storm.
Nel Stockton,

a most disastrous storm with loss
of lie and property. passed over cen
tral Chautauqua county. New York.
The very center Of It was IN the pic
nic grove, near the village ot stock.
ton, whore 5000 persons were attend
ing the annual town picnic. Light.
ming was mcessanl, rein iel in tor
rents, trees werc blown down, houses
were unioGled ard Ia the picnic grove
whore men, women and children were
hnddlcd In an effort at protection,
lightning struck many places. Two
or three rigs were crushed - tie
ground by falling trees.
When the storm struck the grove
and the trees began falling the utmost
cons ernation prevailed; there was no
place Of safety. Women were scream
Ing and children crying. while men
we're almost beside themselves with
terrCr as they made repeated efforts
10 remove the dead and injured frCm
among the fallen tmhcrs. SGye-al
horses were killed outright, no effort
beng mado to release the injured an.
ima,s until the men and women who
Rad been hurt were cared for Ply.
siclans were ON he ground and every.
th,rg possible was done for the relief
Oi the injured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-31
IN PURSUIT or RUSSIANS.
English viii Deliver orders from Rus.
sia to Commander OF Smolensk.

Prime Minister Bllfour announced
that the British government has or
dercd two cruisers from the squadron
1t tie Cape Of Good Hope, without dc.
lay to locate the Russian volunteer
meet steamers Smolensk and Peters
burg. and to convey to them the or
ders of the Russian government that
they must not further interfere with
neutral shipping The premier stat
ed that his action was taken at the
request Of the Russian government.
This extraordinary statement was
made when the premier. by appoint
ment. received deputation of the
London chamber of commerce. The
deputation was appointed at meet
ing held earlier in the day by the
China and East India section of the
chamber. which was attended by rep
resentative shipowners and others in
terested In trade in the Far East.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-31
NICHOLAS is MERCiFUL.
Corporal Punishment is Abolished in
Russia.

Emperor Nicholas manifesto on
the birth of an heir to the throne.
abolishes corporal punishment among
the rural classes and for first offences
among the sea and land forces: re.
mits arrears owing To the state for
the purchases of land and Other di-
rect lmposts; set apart 81 100000 from
the state funds for the purpose of
forming an inalienabc fund for the
benefit of landless people of Finland !;
grants amnesty to those Finlandcrs
who have emigrated without authorl-
zation; RENTS the fines imposed up
on the rural and urban cOmmunes Ol
Finland, which refused to submit to
military Conscription in 1902 and
1908. and also RENTS the fines i'm.
posed upon the Jewish communcs in
the cases of Jews avoiding military
service.
The manifesto provides Tor a gen.
eral reduction In sentences for com.
mon law Uffenses. while general am
nesty Is accorded In the case OF all
political off1nses with the exception
of those In which murder has been
done
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-31
strikers Lose support.

The members OF the Chicago Teams
ters' Union who have been on strike
for several weeks in the effort to aid
the striking butchers at the stock
yards held meeting 10 determine
whether or not they should withdraw
from the strike. 1t was decided that
the teamsters as body would refuse
to give any further assistance to the
strike. and the question OF remaining
on strike, or of going back 10 work
was left to the vote of the various To-
cal unions
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-31
Explosion lniures Three.

An explosion at the blast furnace of
The Riverside plant of the National
Tube Company at Wheeling. w. Va,
fatally injured one laborer and serious
iy burned two others. They are;
Anton Scholeliayic, Slav, burned so
that the flesh fell from his body. He
cannot live longer than few hours.
Mena Pulanski, a Pole. burned about
head and body. Virgil Schuck, ser
iously burned about the face and body
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-31
BURY FILIPiNOS ALIVE.
Bandits Ambush constabulary, Killing
Captain Barrett.

A detail of native contabulary of
Manila, has been ambushed on the
island of Leyte by superior force of
bandits. Captain II, Barrett. of the
constabulary, was killed in the fight
ing. There has been trouble in the
province of Misamis, island OF Min
danao, where bandits have looted sew.
eral towns. The native authorities
were deied and Pablo Mercado and
his family were kidnapped Merca-
do was accused of being too friendly
with the Americans.
Three Chinese stores were burned.
Four natives were murdered, three of
them being buried alive. Colonel
Harbord, of the constabuIary, Is now
on the trail OF the bandits. Lieuten-
ant Thornton, of the constabulary, has
met death by drowning near Dagupin,
Island of LuZon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-31
et. petereburo euiIds Homes,

The latest information from the
front Is summed up in dispatch from
Cnilu, showing that the Japanese in
the assaults on Port Arthur August 2l
and 22 were again repulsed with
heavy losses. The feeling grows here
that the ferocity of the repeated at.
lacks and the defeats must be grad.
ually dissipating the energy of the be.
siegers, and that the Japanese may
find that they have broken their teeth
on the stones of Port Arthur" 1t APP
pears that the balance of sea power in
the East is thoroughly upset pending
the arrival there of the Baltic squad.
ron. which, with the exception of the
battleship Orel. left Krolstadt on a
10-days' cruise.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-31
Boston Wool Market.

The market for wool maintains a
firm tone. but the demand rules quiet
under a Light demand from manufact-
urers. The strength from the mar.
ket comes from its statistical position.
hence. the result of the sales of wool.
ems will have much to do in deter
mining the future price of wools.
Ohio delalnes hold firm at Il cut &c
to 36h; unwashed Ohio delaines,
25hs; to 26. Territory woods firm.
The secured basis for fine Is So to
SIC. with fine medium at SO to So
One quarter blood unwashed firm, %
@29c for Ohio, three-eights blood 27A
@2Sc; one-half blood 27@271ac. Mich,
igan and Missouri one.quarter bloods
about 27G27h.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-31
Japanese Repulse Confirmed.

According to the latest information
from Port Arthur furious Japanese
attack throughout August 10 and Au-
gust 90 was repulsed with terrific
loss. There has been no serious fight
ing in this region, but there has been
small skirmish at Anshanshan.
where Japanese troops attacked a
Russian outpost and were driven on
with loss OF six killed. The mill.
tary inactivity is credited here to the
fact that the japanese are concentrat-
ing all their attention on Port Arthur.