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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
FIRE AT LOUISVILLE, KY.
The Gait House, One of the Largest
Hotels in the City, Was, For
Time, In Great Peril.

Louisville, KY, Aug. Fire broke
out in The basement of the Gait house,
one of the largest hosteleries in the
city at an early hour Saturday morn
ing, and for time serious consequences
were feared All of the fire engins in
the city were brought to the scene and
the fire was soon under control. There
were over 800 guests in the hotel, all
of whom were awakened and escaped
tc the street. None of the guests was
injured so far as known. The damage
will amount to several thousand dol
lars.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
HIS ABILITY COMMENDED.
Lieut. VoSeIgesang, of the Battle
ship Wisconsin,, Commended By
the Navy Department..

Washington, Aug. Lieut. Vogel-
gesang, who commanded the turret on
the battleship Wisconsin. which at
tained the highest merit Of any IL or
13-inch electrical turret, winning the
prize for that class of turret in the last
annual target practice, has been COM
mended by the navy department for
the zeal and ability displayed as tur-
ref officer
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
A Remarkable Showing.

The stamp sales Of the Memphis
postoffice have again broken all rec
ords, and sent the business barome-
ter of the "Queen City of the South
higher. The statement of the Mem
phis postoffice, issued last week,
shows that receipts for the month
Of July, just ended, were 1886
AZ. For the corresponding month
Of the previous year the receipts
were S24, $3.50. This shows net
increase of $3,450.90. The per-
centage of increase for the month
Just ended over the same month OF
1908 is therefore 1873. The in
crease for the year 1908 over the
previous year, 1902, was not quite
II per cent. The amounts for those
years are: For 1903, $24,856.55 !;
for 1902. S21, ,912.43. The percent
age increase of the year 1902 over
that of 1901 was about 16 per cent.
The actual figures were: For 1902,
S21,912.43; for 1901, $1S,066.64.
For the past four years the show
ing of increase of each year is given
above. That of 1904 over the same
month four years ago is shown to
be nearly 49 per cent, a truly re-
markable record. In that time the
stamp sales have almost doubled
themselves. As a business bsrome-
ter. the stamp sales can not be sur
passed. and the wonderful percent
age of increase of the month just
ended over the same month four
years ago speaks volumes for the
growth of the citv's business.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
He Had a Bully Time.

Columbia, Mo-, Aug. 7.-Perched on
the lower limb of small persimmon
tree, Joseph Steinmetz remained for
four hours, Friday, while an angry
bull made Intellectual attempts to reach
him.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
Killed by a Train.

Charles Lay, 16 years old, Of
Pioneer, near Clifton, fell from a
Southern train at Knoxville last
week and was killed. The train
passed over the body and ground
the head off.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
wondertn FruitInnd.

St. Louis, Aug. TN the Sacramen-
to Valley exhibit at the Worlds fair is
the latest creation of Luther Burbank,
the fruit wizard of California 1t is a
cross between a blackberry and dew
berry and is regarded by pomologists
az wonder
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
CLAIM RUSSIAN VICTORY.
ST. Petersburg Hears Japs Suffer a
Reverse Mt Port Arthur.

st. Petersburg Hears Japs Suffer
Reverse Mt Port Arthur.
st. Petersburg, Aug. S.-An Official
report from Lieut.-Gen. T. Stoessel
commanding the military forces al
Port Arthur, says that the japanese
were repulsed with tremendous loss
in three days fight from July 26 te
July 2S .
Gen. .Kuropatkin reports from Lilac
Yang some small Russian successes, in
outpost fighting, up to August 5, with
out the expected great. battle having
been opened
The stimuli leous receipt of favor
able news from these commanders in
the far east raised the spirits Of those
in the Russian capital immensely. The
dispatches were printed in special
newspaper bulletins, and were eager
ly bought on the streets.
The newsboys around the depots met
the returning crowds of Sunday pleas
ure seekers and shouted their wares
without being reproved by the police,
and thousands of ST. Petersburgers
went to their homes apparently satis-
fed that a favorable turn Of affairs
had commenced at the front.
Gen. Stoessels dispatch, though ten
days old, is taken as a satisfactory
refutation of the recently-repeated ru~
mors of the fall of Port Arthur He
states that the determined Japanese
assaults were repulsed with tremend-
Gus loss, and figures 10000 as num-
Der of Japanese killed or wounded.
This. is admittedly on Chinese infor
nation, which heretofore has proved
to be of exceedingly doubtful value
But, with Russian losses of 1,5OO as a
basis. the authorities here consider
that 10000 is a fairly conservative es-
innate, since the Japanese were beaten
off in what must have been desperate
assault on tremendously strong forti-
ficatiOns. The fact that the Japanese
were not able to remove their dead
and wounded is taken to prove that
their defeat must have been one of
great severity.
The part played by the fleet bears
out the prediction that Rear-Admiral
Without is able to render efficient sup
port to the garrison. 1t is considered
significant that no mention is made
of Vice-Admiral Togo, indicating that
the japanese fleet is impotent to aid
friend or injure foe. Possibly the bulk
of the fleet has been detached for 9th
er service, though this would not be
likely at a time when a serious land
assault on the fortress was contem-
plated.
The authorities do not divulge the
source of Gen. Stoessel's report, though
1t is understood that it came by way
of Che-Foo The fact that the JAP
anese are in possession of the country
as far north as Hal Cheng, renders il
unlikely that it came by the LAND
route.
Gen. Kuropatkin's report states thal
the Japanese are stationary on hi.
eastern front, the greatest activity be
| ing on the south and southeast posi-
tions, where the Russians are able tt
take the offensive. While the move
ments in themselves are apparently o
no great Importance, they are interest
| ing as showing that the Japanese ar,
still halting before undertaking tn,
serious task of attacking Lao Van,
with it's strong circle of defences.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
pamage by second Fire.

Topeka, Kas., Aug. THE second
fire within "a hours in the clothing
store occupied by Daniel Greenwald.
clothier, Friday night, damaged the
stock and building to the amount Of
s25.0 900.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
DR.. Ayers Elected President.

DR.. Brown Ayers, professor Of
physics in Tulane University at
New Orleans, has been elected pre.i-
dent of the University of Tennes-
see. to succeed DR.. Charles W. Dab
ney. DR.. Ayers is a former Ten
nessean, and was educated at Mem
phis. He has announced his accept
ance of the position, and will move
his family to Knoxville at once and
will take charge of the institution on
September J.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
smallpox in Hickman County.

A report comes from Hickman
county that seventy-fve cases OF
smallpox exist in the community Of
LyIes. Several parties have been
exposed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
Honper. InvndinE Knnsn..

sas is swarming with grasshoppers. All
growing crops are being destroyed The
foliage on shade trees is gone and
green peaches and grapes are eaten to
the pits. The hoppers are moving east
ward.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
Jackson School Population.

The report of Secretary B. E..
Mathis, of the board of education,
shows a net increase of 20 per cent
for the Jackson city schools for the
past year. The scholastic popula-
ton is S,582, and of the Fifteenth
district, which is included in the
report, 1851. There are eight
schools in the district outside of the
citV.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12

Chee-Foo, Aug. 8.-The Japanese
force which captured VOLTS hill is
now entrenched IN the valley about
two-thirds of a mile from the fortress
at Port Arthur.
A Japanese cruiser is alleged to have
struck new mine, and to have sunk
Immediately in the vicinity of Girls
tova battery.
The Russian cruiser Bayan has 8
small hole above her water line, which
was inflicted by the explosion of
mine which had f1oated to the harboT
entrance.
The Japanese have occupied Louisa
bay, landing troops, with the probable
intention of attacking west of the
city. There has been no important
fighting in the vicinity of Port Arthur
since July %. The Russian artillery
harasses the Japanese who are at
tempting to advance their trenches.
The above information was brought
here by Russian refugees who left
Port Arthur the 4th instant.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12
JAPS CAPTURE KEY
TO PORT ARTHUR
VOLTS Hill Captured and Forces
Now Intrenched in Valley.
RUMORED JAPANESE LOSS
Gen. StoessePs Report to the CEa7
Says Japanese Lost Ten Thou
send Men i'm Recent Fight
at Port Arthur.

London, Aug. S.-The Times corre-
spOndent at Toxic, uuder date OF
August Z, says that there are unOfh-
ciaI reports there that the japanese
tiOns north and northeast of Port
Arthur at a distance of 2,75O yards
from the main line of Russian de-
fences.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-15

Call and see our new stock.
it is complete and sold at
low prices.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29
TALK ON ADVERTISING
By c. w. Post Publishers Banquet Battle Creek.

Some thoughtful man might say that
if what you manufacture has merit,
once you get trade established peo-
pie will continue to purchase, even if
the advertising is stopped, but to act
on that conclusion would be a fatal
mistake, for there are always bright
men on the lookout to steal your APP
pies, and if you give them the chance
they will come in and take the fruit,
sure. Right here let US drive nail,
not a shingle nail but a forty penny
spike. Your article must have merit,
far and away beyond the ordinary I'M
advertised thing 1t should be the
very best that human intelligence and
ingenuity can produce. Then you have
a foundation to build upon that will
not slip out from under when the
building grows heavy. There are per-
sons ignorant enough to believe that
a poor article can be advertised into
a success. 1t cannot and any one who
tries the experiment will pay heavily
for his experience. Critically examine
any well known and advertised article
that has been years on the market and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29
She Kept still.

A certain gushing lady took her
4-year-old daughter to a photographer.
The little one could not be made still.
The camera man was as nice and
suave as he could be, called the child
all the sweet, endearing names he
could think of, while using every de-
vice of gentle persuasion to make the
little wiggler keep STILL Finally he
turned to the despairing mother and
said:
Madam, if you will leave your dar-
ling with me for a few minutes |
think l can succeed in taking her love
ly face to perfection"
The mother withdrew for a short
time. Soon the photogra pher sum
moned her back and exhibited a high
ly satisfactory negative. When they
reached home the mother asked:
Nellie, what did that nice gentle
man say to you when 1 left you alone
with him.
Well he thaid." iisped Nellie, ''i1
you don't tith sthill, you ugly, squint
eyed monkey. I'll thake the life out OF
your trembling carcath.' Then l that
very sthill, mamma!"-New York
Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29

"She's got the face of an ANGEL"
No one was in sight in either direc
ton.
AS the soldier made ready with his
carbine the major let fall his reins
and drew a letter from his pocket. As
he did so photograph fell from the
letter to the stony highway unnoticed
by him. Queer as it may seem, curl
osity about the photograph oyerbal-
anced Tom Germans thirst for re-
venge for the moment, and he let the
officer pass.
A minute later he had the card in
his hand. 1t was the picture of a little
girl not over five years old-a sweet
faced little thing-and underneath
was written From Elsie to Papa"
No soldier at Fort Brown had asked
or could know whether their martinez
was a married man or not. They had
not discussed his home ties-only his
discipline. Here was a new factor in
the case. German crept back to his
ambush with his eyes fixed on the
face, and his own features began to
soften.
From Elsie to Papa" he repeated
over and over again. Damn me, but
it must be mis- kid! He got the letter
last night. She's got the face of an
angel, and when her mother tells her
that her father is dead
Private German found his heart in
his throat. He was not a father. but
he was a lover of children. He'd have
given three months pay to pick Elsie
up in his arms and give her a kiss.
There were dimples in her cheeks and
smile on her mouth. He held the
picture to his lips and whispered:
You amt to blame for it, little one.
Whatever he is to, us, and badly as
he's used me. he loves you and you
him, and 1 can't break your heart in
trying to get even. I'm hereto kill
him, and I was going to do it when
he came back; but you're too sweet 2
thing to be left fatherless."
The major came riding back. his
eyes on the ground as if looking for
some lost object At the rock he halt
ed.
IF you hadn't lost it you would have
been lying out there with a bullet
through your hearti" whispered Cor
man as he rose and looked after the
disappearing major.
And then. thrusting the photograph
into his breast pocket, he shouldered
his carbine, gave himself shake, and
| headed for the land of the outlaw and
| the Observation-Disclosures Foye,t in Bos
| ton Globe
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29
Could Get No Rest.

Freeborn, Mimi, October II (Spe-
ciaD-Mr. r. E. Coward, a well-known
man here is rejoicing in the relief
from suffering he has obtained
through using Dodd's Kidney fills.
His experience is well worth repeating
as it should point the road to health
to many another in a similar condi-
ton.
Il had an aggravating case OF Kid
ney Trouble" says Mr. Coward, that
gave me no rest day or night but
using few boxes of Dodd's Kidney
Pills put new life in me and l feel like
a new man.
Il am happy to state l have received
great and wonderful benefit from
Dodd's Kidney Pills. / would heartily
recommend all sufferers from Kidney
Trouble to give Dodds Kidney Pills a
fair trial as | have every reason to be-
lieve il would never be regretted"
Dodd's Kidney Pills make you feel
like a new man or woman because
they cure the kidneys. Cured kidneys
mean pure blood and pure blood
means bounding health and energy in
every part of the body.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29

The sunshine that makes a business
plant grow is advertising.
Growing a business nowadays is
something like growing an apple-tree.
You may select good seed, plant it in
good soil, water and work with it, but
the tree will not produce fruit until
another and most powerful, energiz-
ing and life-giving element is brought
to bear. You must have sunshine and
lots of it. Can you expect to ripen
apples in the dark? Can you expect
to grow profitable business plant
nowadays without the sunshine of pub
lie favor produced by advertising?
This Postum plant is a good illus
tration of that law. 1t seems but a
short time ago when 1 put a few men
at work in the carriage house of the
barn you have seen to-day, where We
began making Postum coffee
The seed then planted, less than 9
years ago, was new kind of apple
seed and it was not altogether certain
how the people would like the apples
We did our work thoroughly and
plenty of it. We knew we had good
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29

it will be found to possess exceptional
merit.
In ancient days newspaper publish
ers considered an advertisement an
evil but necessary evil, and that it
should be hidden away as carefully
as possible, SO that no one would dis
cover that the paper was trying to
make little money by inserting pub
lie announcements. A paper run that
way to-day would fail
The most successful opponents of
the new plan of doing business with
ink and paper are using every posi-
Bile means to make the announcements
attractive and sought after by the
readers.
It is safe to say that thousands of
women read the newspaper-not the
telegraphic page, but the pages con-
tanning announcements of bargains In
stockings, skirts. hats, gloves, pianos.
furniture, food for the table, etc
You have been invited to visit Bat
tie Creek for the purpose of viewing
one Of the most unique advertising
buildings in the world, also to look
over large business built I'D. sus-
tanned, nourished and kept active nv
sunshine, and, at the same time. have
an opportunity to see one of the most
thrifty, active and prosperous town.
OF it's size in the world, built up large.
~ by the same kind of sunshine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29
One of Natures Freaks.

One of Natures freaks, in the shape
of a reed fish, is on exhibition in a Sc
attic curio shop on the water front.
This interesting specimen may be best
described as half animal and half veg
etable life. 1t is six feet long The
reed apparently grows out of the fish,
while the latter carries a covering
over the reed, hence the dual animal
and. vegetable life. This reed fish
was taken on Hood canal last week
by a tugboat man. 1t stands erect in
pools of salt water Though long and
1.-the and to every appearance a veg
etable product, the thing has head
and eyes. 1t was caught with a sal
mon hook.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29
An American Earl Soon

The Countess of Yarmouth, who was
Miss Alice Thaw, of Pittsburg, is now
in the family homestead in the noun
tains near Cresson, Pa, where an in
teresting event is expected to occur
next month. The earl is slated to ar
rive in a couple of weeks. 1t is said
the Thaw family are especially anx-
ious that the hoped for boy shall be
born in the United States. The earl
and countess will remain in this couns
try until the middle of December, re-
turning to England in time for Christ
mas festivities.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29

apple tree of fine quality but how to
develop our work and turn the apple
tree INTO a productive and profitable
tree was another question
1t needed sunshine and the kind of
sunshine that is spread by the news
papers and magazines. 1t is an abso-
lutte certainty that without the pub
licity thus given-in other words, the
sunshine-the business never would
have developed
You have seen to-day factory build
ings-thfrteen or fourteen in number
covering many acres of ground, en-
ploying hundreds of workpeople, pro-
ducing food and drink in an aggregate
of four million packages per month,
which goes to every civilized country
on the globe, and yet the entire enter
prise is less than years old. We
have found it necessary, inasmuch as
the tree has grown and the apples ma
tured by hard work and sunshine, to
continue the work and the sunshine
day in and day out, month in and
month out, the sunshine appropriation
amounting to approximately a million
dollars a year for advertising, for ex-
perience teaches that if you mature
the tree under strong sunshine, and
bring it up to a thrifty and healthful
state where 1t produces profitable ap-
pies. you can not withdraw that sun
shine else the tree win gradually die.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29

Maj. Davis had the reputation of
being a martinez and whenever a pri-
waite soldier found himself before
court martial he would make up his
mind that if the major had a voice
in the matter he was as good as con-
victed.
There were those who excused the
officers harshness on the ground that
he belonged to the old SchOOl-the
school that looked upon the rank and
file as dogs-but the fact remained
that he was not popular with either
his officers or his men.
Affairs in the Indian country were
at peace when the post commander at
Fort Brown applied for and secured
long leave of absence, and Major Da-
Wis was ordered to take charge in his
place.
1t was a frontier post with a small
garrison of old veterans, and there
was no call for red tape or rigid dis
cipline. The best drill master in the
army could not have taught those men
anything new, and the officers felt
that they had right to loaf a little
when warm weather set in.
The United States was in no dam
ger of invasion from a foreign foe,
war to last him for two or three years.
when Major Davis arrived and as
sumed command. An hour later he
began to issue general orders, and
groan of discomfort was heard through
out the garrison
Then began what was characterized
as "a fium-a-diddle time The lines
of discipline were rigidly drawn and
the drills were frequent and exacting.
The finger of the martinez pointed in
many directions, and the men who
growled went to the guard house on a
trot.
At all military posts there are few
favored men-men who suffer now
and then from old wounds or have
performed their brave deeds, and are
tacitly allowed to take things easy.
Such a man was private Tom Cor
man at Fort Brown. Two bullets had
been fired into him as he rode with
dispatches across the plains one night,
and though not incapacitated as sol
der he was given light duty and cod
died up a bit.
The coddling ceased soon after the
majors arrival. He was on the look
out for such men. They were returned
to duty, and even given extra duty,
and the mllQ protests OF captains ana
lieutenants were met with the formal
reply:
This is military post not a hos
pital: and no man, unless excused by
the doctor at sick call, will be ex-
empt from duty
In a month the major was we'll
hated man. He realized the fact and
gloried in it.
Private German returned to duty
with a complaint. and subsequent
events proved that the martinez had
special eye on him. He was twice
reprimanded during company drill one
day. and following that he was placed
on sentry duty and took his post at
midnight in a rain storm
1t was an inside post, and of no
consequence. The wounded man took
the chance of getting under shelter
for short time. The major went the
rounds that night. caught him dere-
lict and saw him hustled off to the
guard house.
The affair was looked upon as seri-
ously as If the Sioux warriors were
at the gates of the fort in war paint,
instead of being in their lodges fifty
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29
Wants 10000 RattIesnakes.

A Welsh gentleman in Pennsylva-
mia, who delights in the name of
Gwffdd Jones, has a contract to fur
nish a French manufacturing house
with 10000 rattlesnake pelts, and he
is now busy collecting the deadly
crotalus- The Squehawken Morning
Intelligencer, of Squehawken, Pa, as
serts that Mr.. Jones decoys his vic
tins as one would decoy ducks, by
coiling up on a butternut stump and
repeating his given name with metal
lie iteration.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-29
Empress a Caricaturist.

1t is well known that the Empress
of Russia has decided talent as carl
caturist. BY turns all members of the
royal family had been victims of her
pencil-that is, all except the car,
who begged to be included. The car
ina put him off with excuses for some
time, but not long ago the caricature
appeared. The ear, crowned and
bearing the sceptre, was seated in a
baby carriage drawn with a thread by
his mother. The point was plain
enough, and caused much restrained
amusement among the courtiers; but
the czar professed himself unable to
see it, and seemed anything but pleas
ed with the production.