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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30
A FOUR DAYS FIGHT
Japanese Pressing Nearer For
Port Arthur's Capture.
GENERAL KUROKI is NOT DEAD.
one ming OF Forts Captured Is In
commanding Position, Overlook
fng Besiesed City-Russians
capture Nangentxee.

LONDON, Nov. 30.-A Mukden dis
patch says that the fight of the Japa-
nese with General Rennenkampf's
Cossacks, which began on Nov. "a, end
ed at 6 p. IN. on Nov. %. The Japanese,
who were repulsed, never approached
nearer than 900 yards. During a snow
storm at midday on the 2Sth, the jap
anese tried to- outfank the Russian
right, but the rifles and four guns
forced them to retire. The Russian
losses were small.
Russian scouts captured Nangentzee
village and held it twenty minutes,
while sappers blew up a large stone
house which had served as a fortress
from which the Japanese sniped Rus
sian outposts..
Advices from TOKYO say that the oc-
cupation of the defenses of Port Ar
thur by the Japanese is now complete
to the extent Of 80 per cent. One ring
OF forts captured, northwest of the
town, is in a commanding position. Its
occupation is a heavy blow to the de-
Tenders.
A Mukden dispatch says a Japanese
cavalryman captured by the Russians
declares that General Kuroki is not
dead, as has been rumored among the
Chinese.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says that
foreign reports of the fighting at Port
Arthur are accepted here very serious
". If the Japanese have taken Two
Hundred and Three Meter hill and are
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30

ERIE, Pa, Nov. 30.--Passenger train
No. 8, on the Philadelphia and Erie
from Philadelphia. cwas wrecked a.
orry TmininA into an extra freight
train as it was entering that city ut the
Main street. crossing, and two passcn
gers were injNred9 The freight was
taking a siding and had not complete
" cleared when the express dashed NJ
at q high rate so~fxspeedzs A number of
freight cars We're smashed. and the ca
bose was dratenfuhder thc car in front
of it.T The wreck took fire, but was
soon distinguished.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30

LONDON, Nov. 30. Elvcrton Il.
Chapman, Jr., twenty-fcur years old,
son Of the New York banker and bro.
ker, killed himself by leaplng five sto-
ries to the floor of the vestlbule of the
Carlton hotel here. His skull was
crushed by the fall, and he died within
twenty minutes. Mr.. Chapman arrived
at tho hotel on Saturday, having come
here from Paris. Sonora Gallardo, wife
Of the Mexican minister to Great Brit
ain. barely escaped being struck by
the falling man.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30

NEW YORK, Nov. Bottle Long Is,
land coast from Fire island to South
ampton has been strewn for three days
with hundreds of thousands of deep
sea fish that have dashed themselves
against the beach in schools. There
are myriads of whitefsh, seldom seen
near the shore. and strange varieties
never found in shallow water. The
cause is said to be volcanic disturb
ances.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30
ANTICIPATE BIG VOTING
MACHINEAPpROPRIATION
legislators Seem to Think the State
Should Equip All Polling
Districts.

TIenton, Nov. 80:-When the mem
iers Of the Legislature gathered in the
tate house yes erday for their usual
yeekIy gossip they found considerable
irospsctive legislation on hapd fer
hem to discuss. 1t is I'M ierstood
hat the legislature at its next session
sill be asked for a moro generous APP
reputation than ever for voting
machines. Each year that these are
used they grow more and more into
public favor, and the opinion is freely
expr( ssed that no time should be lost
N eqi ppiDg every voting booth in the
state with mi of them.
Owing to their cost, it is the policy
4 tho authorities to purchase n GER
ain number each year until they have
utirely shpp.nnted tho old ballot-box
There are some enthusiastic adj
iirers of the machines who sny that
hat scheme was all right when the
iachine was in the experimental
tale, but, now that is effic 'ency has
zen demonstrated, the State should
ose no valuable time in adopting
hem universally.
TIE regular annual attempt to abol-
ish the tate Board Of Arbitration is
also to be made with, as many thint
the usua' failure. No n pretends t
be i've tina this board is OF any earth
ly benefit to the State, or that it rm
ders any valuable service for the So,
$50 which it annually costs. Still. the
board provides five desirable places,
with a salary Of 81, 200 attached, not
TO mention the extra $500 which goes
to the member who acts as secretary
to b, distributed among those patriots
whose services to their party entities
them to substantial recognition and as
the party managers are at their wits
end these days 10 find places for all
these patriots those advocating its
adjustment have little hope of sue
ceeding in their efforts this winter.
In the last several years no subject
of legislation has been more prolific
of bills Ii an that Of game and fish and
aver at this early day there are indi =
cations that the coming session is to
De no exception to this. SportmeD
throughout the State are loudly de-
lsring that the number of game war
lens should be increased, and that all
should be given to understand that
hey will he held strictly to account
for the manner in which they dis
charge the duties of their cffics.
They soy that the only mes who
feel the work of the wardens am tht
yunners from Pennsylvania and New
Yoik. The wardens guard the ferries
rom Hudson aud Camden and oaptur,
. fsw gunners from out Of the Stat,
Ind get much notice in the newspap-
RS, while hundreds of ~unpriuciples
Jersey pothunters are killing same il
this STATE and supplying the cold stot-
aga warehouses. The jersey sports.
men declare that shooting ducks il
the spring in inimical to the Interests
nf the true sportsmen, and Hey will
ask for TIE rep al of the law whici
permits the shooting of ducks from
September to May.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30
sunnect Hold For nnnk Rohherx.

STAMFORD, Conn, Nov. 30.-Chief
Brennan Of the Stamford police said
last night that he believed the real
name of the man arrested in Jersey
City on suspicion of having robbed the
stamford National bank, and who gave
his name rs John III. King, is Milo
Brown, a painter of this city, who was
given $S7 to deposit in the bank Fri
day and who has not been seen since.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30

10 run at the tlme
of hes defeat. Major Delmar is owned
in New York city. More than that, he
was bred, trained and always owned III
The Empire state. With all the boaeted
climatic advantages that have produced
former champions, the New York prod
net now stands out as the greatest trot-
ter the world has ever produced. The
fact that the mile trotted by Major Del
mar at Lexington in 2:01% is a new
worlds record and eclipses the former
record, held by Cresceus, by half a sec
ond, is really but a minor fact consid-
ering the horse as a new trotting king.
1t is the wonderful capacity he has
shown throughout the season to dupli-
cate performances that other champions
have never been able TO make but once
that stamps him as the greatest trotter
in turf history. Four times out OF sever
starts Major Delmar trotted in 2:02A.
Twice his efforts Tell short by half a sec
ond-at Readville in September. and at
Columbus-each mile being trotted in
2:O2%. At Providence his mile was
1908. All these preceded the eighth and
successful attempt at Lexington, and
seven such performances, or anything
approaching them. were rever before
recorded in turf history. In the three
campaigns when the great Cresceus was
at his best, he trotted once in 2:02A.
once in 2:02M, once in 2:031f. twice in
1904, with the remainder of his miles
all in sinwer time With these facts IN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30
Yacht Blown Ashore.

CHARLESTON, s. O., Nov. 3O.-The
yacht Josephine, from Providence,
which left Philadelphia about three
weeks ago, with Ernest L. Pepper and
James Karnan on board, en- route to
Fort Myers, Fla, was blown ashore on
DeBordeau beach, near Georgetown, on
account of her engine breaking down.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30
Aesthetic italian Laborers.

With the exception Of the silent
Sicilians, the Italian immigrants are
generally fluent takers and extreme.
ly intelligent. ! have known aNeopol-
itan, who could neither read nor
write, quote from Dante. Petrarch and
Tasso. says a contributor to the
Worlds Work. 1t surprises you to
hear a group, made up of an asphalt
mixer, a sailor turned waiter, and a
barber and baker. who had stuck to
their trades, discuss the sculpture on
a new court building; or when upon
another night the same men wrangle
over the merits Of Verdi and Mas
cagni, and end by humming and sing
ing IN chorus, "Parigi o Cara"
An adv. IN The News Want col
-5Z- I-<s4=& n4@4 +..44#4
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30
u.1a For nu..eII Murder.

ALBANY, N. ". Nov. 3~0.-Joseph f.
~White,/ the messenger of the state
treasurer's Office who is charged with
the murder of Mrs. Josephine Russell
in a store near the capitol, was ar
raigned in police court and held with
out bail for the grand jury. White is
said ID have organized the first lodge
In this state of the Order of Red Men.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30

An adv. in The News want col.
umn brings good results.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30
SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS

~stitution who wish
their football a
to retain its ac-
knowledged SUI
premacy, will be
greatly pleased to
hear that Coach
Fielding II. Yost
h s announced
that he will be
back at Ann Arbor
again next year.
The rumor was re-
Gently circulated
that he would GO
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30

is now the gener-
ally acknowledge
champion of the
world. In the re-
cent races at Mem
phis for The gold
cur the great geld
ing, owned by E.
f. Smathers, of
New York, defeat
the former cham
pion, Lou Dillon.
Friends OF Lou Dill
Ion claim she was
not well, and unfit
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31

Desire Drummond was writing the
first entry in her new diary, for it was
New Years cay. She had opened the
little book with a queer sense Of unac-
quaintedness and hesitation. She al
ways felt that way about opening new
diary, she told Roxy. the cat
Il feel as if I'd ought to be introduced
to it. Roxy" she laughed softly. When
you've written in the old one S65 times
-summered and wintered with it ard
told it how bad your rheumatism was
you feel at home and real intimate with
it. But when you open a creaky new one
that won't stay open. but keeps shutting
up as if it didn't want anything TO Go
with you or your Reconsideration you
do that. Roxy. il makes you feel IL
perfect stranger"
In tiny. old-fashiored. neat letters the
sputtering pen traced Pleasant" on the
clean page of the new year. Then Desire
paused and looked meGitatively out OF
her window searching for inspiration.
A faint dab Of red caught her eye from
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31
TIME FOR RESOLUTIONS.
They Come as a Happy Thought at
the End of the Dead
Year.

Oh, dear, another year gone, life
slipping by, a herd Of old mistakes,
faults. trOoping out the portals of the
old, dead, used-up year into the new.
1t is uncomfortable. Danish them,
wave them back,
With what force?
All. happy thought-fresh resolu-
lions. They stand beside one instant
ly-that Aladdin's lamp OF belief in
yourself is remarkable stunt" The
crisp, brand new fairies smile at the
ancient, ghOstly crew, nod with their
shining crowns. and. soft-muttering, the
ragged lot stink to the shadows of the
things We try not to remember.
We do this every year. forgetting
that We have told the same story time
after time and that the law Of con-
secutive jYstice rolls on serenely while
We babble and remain ourselves
n. o. Times-Democrat.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31
The DawQ Of tPe Year.

Bsds tkt guls o. opening Vrar,
Ukds IOoEng Of us prospects fait
J Dish you puv blessing, dcnt.
Uhus bcuuiy hnunis mt tUTVDhfU;
flv Rnri gos out pah ihrub o. pain
8aurking dap liz hruDas nbOU'
Ghal you nay 'Usg gladH@s gainL
IDdh pursi pnu and smile o. I'Otl
Ai! sDui rs rus that gtrGs lie JuH'.
is your hurts loUs, J surrlg kHOD.
And llEs lie spungtidcs rhythmic mhs
On Uorts liai from gour PrueHo' Hon.
AlI dupr ihOn tie drpcSt SUI
AfI hgha than tie sly a6ou'-
j. fore my darling folds for mt,
DdRn tie Eingdon Of Ear lOUsi
GcslIs liz portals Of lie gm;,
J pish you pIcnilndr Of gmu,
flaa of tie mould bcfumd you, dmt
And GloS lie Gsunig Of your lar;
for fk O song Of runidc.
ElEr Iiulrr iJnrs Of cuOng dOut,
Au you mg souIs d,IrshI and PRIDE.
an quun Of aIl my hmd Gun ioN,
coop.1sgfE-EEe4.s
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31

were drying your red table cloth in the
window.-oh, tried not to come fast
enough"
But you're here.-you're here.
sobbed Delight. Desire, withstand
right still a minute, where you are.
want to say some,-Happy New Year,
Desire"
Happy New Year. Delight"
1t was all there in those three little
words. What need for explanations, pro-
testations. promises? The last red
CLEAN from the west fell across both
their glad old faces. like kiss of peace
Afterward Roxy scratched her way IN
with a plump dead mouse. presenting il
first TO one of them and then to the other.
in gentle uncertainty. And they all three
sat in the twilight together.
1T was trouble" Delight said
That's why I chose the red signal. I
said TO myself this morning. when I
woke up. It's New Years. Delight Weth-
erill.' said. are you going to do what
you've been trying TO DO so loEg? Or are
you going to wait another four years?
And then all Of a sudden l decided
you're going to. Delight Wetherill,' But
couldn't move an inch to do IT, There
I was stiff with the rheumatism. Iguess
( the feminine kinds the worst, Desired"
Desire nodded. Il guess so. Delight
| Go on" she said.
81 couldn't 20 on There I was. !
/ didn't crawl out o. bed till noon. and ]
didn't Timber up any till I saw you and
Roxy coming acrost in the sunshine
| I forgot I had the rheumatism then,
don't feels II should ever have II
| again"
so you put up the red signal Trouble
Come over?" Desired unused thought
/ fully.
"Yes.-oh. I had to, II was New Years
day. Desire. and you and me had been
divided long enough. said to myself
couldn't bear another year. said the
time TO make it up was the first DAY o
the new year And there | was,
couldn't stir"
"And the beginning and the ending
were the first day" Delight murmured
softly. Under the cover Of the darkness.
the two old hands stole together and
chung. as long ago two little childish one.
had chung together. Roxy purred from
skirt to skirt impartially. There arr
times when It's better not to say any.
thing. but little gentle purring does ne
harm.-Country Gentleman.
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Desire Drummund WINGED in spite Oi
herself. But she haG her Guly TO co 10
this little laughing child.
II should call at Tolly's. too. JeHy'
she said. virtuously, you try II, and see
how much happier you'll feel.
But I'm happy enough now laughed
Jeffy.
Then do it to make folly happier
try that"
MIN" mumbled Jeffy. STOPPING to
Law kind red mittens on Roxy's furry
neck. II took time to digest advice like
that He hadn't thought of Tolly's side
of the question. folly was just getting
over the measIes-Jeffy remembered
suddenly that 1t wasn't any fun to get
over" the measles. Then Tolly hVea
alone with his northumberland In
riotous little nest. full Of brothers and
sisters. Probably you got very lone
some living alone with your grand
mother;-prob'ly you'd like TO nave
somebody come in an say ''Wisher Hap
py New Year"
well. will" laughed Jeffy, sunnily.
Il guess it's time me an folly fell in.
He was on in a little whirl. and Desire
and Roxy were alone again.
Roxy. did you hear that? thought
| was preaching to him. ard you heard
how he preached to me, a little child
"a little child" she added softly. Her
plain. wholesome face grew very
thoughtful. Roxy rubbed against her
skirts. unheeded.
"A little child-lauEhing Jehy-shall
lead them-me." she unused. across the
street-to Delight Roxy. Roxy. listen
10 me,"-she began To laugh sobbinFly
II guess it's time me an Delight fell
in"
Ii was sunset when she and Roxy went
across the dividing line. From the
warm. red west a radiance was falling In
a pathway of soft light. IL seemed 10
lead out Of Heaven TO Delights little
brown door. and Desire stepped lightly
along in il. no more bitterness oE hurt
in her heart. The red signal flag wa
still in the window. and she saw il was
not the red table cover. II was the little
old signal flag itself,
Well 90 right in. Roxy, just as We
used in-what, you want to go in by the
shed door? Well. run along then.-run
along then, I suppose catching mice is
your way OF making up" She opened
the front door briskly-afterf four years!
and stepped into the dark little hall
Delight was in the sitting-room door,
waiting
Delight"
"Desirel Desired I knew you'd
COME"
'Red.-trouble. Come over" quoted
Desire. trying to laugh. but crying. They
were both crying. "Itried 10 believe you
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31

the implanted house set diagonally
across the road. Though for four years
Desire Drummond had not willingly
looked at the small old house, yet for
four years she had always seen it, when
she looked out of her window. 1t was
right there, an uncomely blot on her
"view"-how could she help it? The
splash of red color was in one of its tiny
paned front windows. and for the mo-
ment Desires heart beat little faster
than usual. When had she seen that red
signal flag before?-but it wasn't sig
nal flag of course. Delight was drying
something red in the sun; probably she'd
washed out a spot in that old red table
cover.
Suddenly as if Of its own accord quite
uninfluenced by the slender old fingers,
the pen began to write again. There's
a red flag in Delights window" it wrote
rather faster than usual, with not so
much painstaking attention to i-dottines
and t-crossings. But it's probably a
spot drying in her red table spread. 1t
isn't likely to be anything else after four
years"
The little book creaked shut. as if re-
lieved at the chance. and Desire Drum
mond gaZed out of her window again, net
looking at the little old house across the
road. but seeing il and its red signal flag.
and nothing else. Roxy leaped heavily
to the window sill and looked out. too.
The big gray head rubbed lovingly
against the little gray one.
I'm not looking. Roxy. but it's there.
Il see it" Desire murmured wistfully.
'You see it. too. you know you do. You're
looking down the road at the meeting
house. but you see Delights red flag!
You think it's spot in her table-spread
drying in the sun, but you don't know ii
is. You're thinking maybe it isn't. just
IS | am"
Roxy's soft purr pleaded guilty to the
charge. 1t was four years-but Roxy
only knew il was long time, very long
time.-since she had been allowed to
catch plump mice in the little old brown
shed across the road.
IF it should be anything else, Roxy
not a spot dryingS-h II should mean
what it used to" She lifted the big cat
down suddenly and opened one Of heI
table drawers, where rows Of black
bound diaries were neatly packed awav
and selected one that bore Q date i've OF
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31
New Year Don is
For Young Man and Maiden
By Flo Field.
By Flo Field.
For the Young Man.

Don't sit around on the easy chair
your father made.
Don't gossip.
Don't misjudge Q woman by yOut
own evil thought.
Dort make women the subject %
conversation in public places witt
other men. You'd fight il you hear
YOUR sisters name spoken of at a bar
Don't imagine that extraVaganr..
--latest" clothes make a man of you
so often it is an ass.
Don't forget that your friends are
at home at other than meal times
Don't pose as a society leader or S.
and $50 a month.
Don't 90 out every night when yp1
have to be at the Office at seven. Your
employer doesn't want a befOgged,
half-awake intelligence.
Don't expect to make a success ir
life going TO dances.
Don't sperd money on society gir.r
when you can't afford it. and your
mother and sister would appreciate 4
few necessities much more.
Don't affect the blase, it's so foolish
Don't be a slave in society ami 4
Turk at home
Dent make friends for what you
can get cut of them.
Don't show disreSpect to any wnm-
an. II Only proves you are not real.
manly man.
Dent borrow.
Don't talk to hear yourself
Don't fritter yourself in insinceririps.
puny ambitions. unwholes0mP mental
atmosrheres. firtations. fOOtless whir'S
it didn't make = success of you last
year, and II Wort next.
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~

So passes the old year. with lower lip
Down dropping and with ears that flap IN
space:
The sur.y driver Time applies the whip.
And finally. TO close the sorry case
The poor old knees give way, the Old feet
slip.
And all is ended at the starting place.
IL
Behold a steed with head erect, with ears
That CULVER and are pricked at every
sound:
His limbs are trim and strong and with q
bound
He starts ahead the instant that he hears .
TIE starting word; he p.ungcs and he rears
And wastes his precious strength ere lie
has found
Dull sameEess in the wearing. drcary
round.
Before his high-bred spirit disappears
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31
For the Girl

Don't be unnatural.
Don't think only Of clothes and men.
Don't think you are stunning be-
cause you eXaEgerate.
Don't mistaKe the telling Of white
lies To mean social tact. il is really
reflection on your mother.
Don't get cynical because you're not
popular.
Don imagine you are allowed spe-
cial dispensatiOn in bad manners be-
cause you are.
Don't stare Jelly at the unknown
girl. Be kind. Help her along. In
trOduce the men TO her. Otherwise. it
shows lack of sweetness in your char
acter. lack of heart, an abundance of
selfshness. and the fact that you your
self aren't quite sure. after all.
Don't repeat unkind things; it isn't
wOmanly.
Don't tack your ambitions. your
hopes, to something whose entire
prOwess is exhibited at a cotillOn.
Don't allow a man OF a woman TO
speak evil of another woman in your
presence.
Don't encourage a man unless you
mean il. He may have given his faith
to your mercies.
Don't affect anything that is not an
expression of yourself. II will marry
you to the wrong beliefs. the wrong
views. the wrong dreams. the wrong
emotions. and the wrong man. If it
didn't last year it will influence you
to a wrong conception Of your place
and purpose during the next.-N. o.
Times-DemOcrat.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31
In the New Year.

Let us not be unjust. ungentle, self
ish, pushing, grasping. vain. hard. pes
simistic. Let us get We best out of
friends ard workers, not by pinching
them down, but encouraging them up.
Let us be true and without fear. An
swer our letters. keep gratitude as the
foremost impulse, pay our bills, and
say our prayers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31

TEus DO we start with hope alert, inc.ireI
To rear and plunge IL wild extravagance.
We press upcE the reins until We frd.
An o,dress in tie scenes at which We
s.anCe
Then, with our high-strung fancies left be-
hind,
We stumble or across the dull expanse.
Chicago Record Herald
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31

She-What kind of Christmas pres
ent shall l buy you while l am out.
dear?
He-Oh, any cheap trifle, Maria. Re-
member. / can't afford to spend much
his year.-Woman's Home Compan-
ion
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31
Explicit Directions.

Small Boy-Do you see that big
drum in the window?
StOrekeeper-Yes, my lad.
Small Boy-Well. you keep it under
the counter for a few days. San.a
Claus will be around mere to get it for
me.--Puck.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-12-31
Equine Hardships
BY S. E. Kiser.

Across the dreary scene a worn-out horse
Is passing. with his weary head bent low:
His ears droop sadly forward and with
slow,
Unsteady steps he takes his toiIsome
course:
The driver. knowing nothing OF remorse,
Applies the cruel scourge; meath many
a blow
The Old frame tumb.es down. at last. and
so
Returns to nothing. where it had its source.