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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-11
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

Congressman Cowhcrd declares It to be
his frank conviction that New York State
will go Democratic.
Newport fashIonabIes hear that Prince
and Princess Henry Of Prussia may soon
visit that place, on their way TO see the
Worlds Fair at ST. Louis, !ncognito.
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New York. Aug. I0.--Arr;ved: Prinz Adel-
bert. Genoa and Naples: Nord Amerika.
Geona. Sailed: sardesna. M pies and Cen
ga. Baltic, Liverpool.
Southampton. Aug. 1g.-sailed: Rron-
prinz Wilhelm, New York. via Cherbourg.
Plymouth. Aug. i0.-Arrived: Bremen,
New York, for Cherbourg, and proceeded
Queengtown. Aug. 11.-Arrived: Ivernia.
Boston. for Liverpool. Sailed: Aurania,
.iew York.
sydney. New South Wales, Aug. TO-
Called: Sierra, Gan Francisco.
Glasgow. Auz. io.-Arr!ved: Anchoria.
from New York.
Queenstown. Aug. 1o.-Arr!ved: Teuion.c.
from New York.
! New York. Aug. ie.-Arrired: Majestic.
from Liverpool.
. Plymouth. Aug. 19.-Arrived: Deutsch-
land from New York.
Cherbourg. Aug lO.-saiied: Kron-prinz
Wilhelm from Bremen and hamptcnj
New York.
Liverpool. Aug. Io-sai:ed: Noordlaud.
Philadelphia. via Queenstown; Oceanic,
New York. via Queenstown.
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SPORTING.

Andy DAILY and Lon CurIev battle to-
night at the West End Club.
Browns beat Boston Americans by a
score Of TO 4.
Commodore should win at the Fair
Grounds to-day.
Miss Eon won distance racc at the Fair
Grounds.
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FOREIGN.

Paris drcssmakers form so:t cf fashion
trust. In order to forestaii the whoeial!
copying OF high-priced gowns for .:econ1-
c'ass trade.
American Consulate al Paris Is raided by
robbers, who pry open the ConsuIs desl,
aud ralsRck the papers for important
documents. An effort to wreck the safe
containing important papers and several
thousand dollars in money was ursuccess-
fuI.
Former Premier WaldecE- Rousseau dies
at his home near Paris following an op-
GRAFTON for liver trouble.
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FILIPiNOS ARE INJt.sTLY
pF.rt.II I'd OF THEiJ. LIBT,ETT

Ii difficult To understand how any citizen
~ .be tinted States. much LEGS descendant
~ Revolutionary stock. TOLERATE the
thought Il permanently denytng the right ot
zelf-eJvcrnmsni 10 the FiiipInos. Can we
hor. - instiiI into the rrinda nf descend
ants reverence. and devotion for q government
by the people while denying ultimately that
right the Inhabitants Of distant countries.
whose territory We have acquitted. ether by
pulrligsc or ~ loice? can re say to tire FIJI
pinoa. Your lives. your liberty end your
uT0per;y E7y be taken from without Jua
process n iaw for all time" and expect
will i.E. ai"r- that feature of Magma
,.hsrtI. winch has become Incorporated. in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
The Hardness of Trees.

An expert nurseryman says the
hardness or non-hardiness Of trees
depends largely upon where the seeds
from which the trees in question
sprang came from. Satisfactory re-
suits are seldom experienced by plant
ing q seed obtained from the Sunny
South, say. By planting seeds grad
ually further north. however, trees
may be at length hardened and ac-
climated until seed from such tree
may be reasonably expected to thrive
and mature its fruits.
Trees, like people. acquire their hab-
its from the climate in which they live.
The Northern tree knows instinctively
when the time has come to ripen its
fruits. The Southern tree follows the
same instinct, being in no hurry, as
there is little likelihood Of real cold.
With transplantings further north it's
habit changes.
The great trouble with most people is
that they want to jump tree from
South to North at one move. This
same idea is evident in the attempt to
bring various fruit trees from Russia
to the Northern United States.
Apples and plums from the land of
the Great White Gear have taken kind
ly to the below zero conditions of the
gentle Dakotas.-Philadelph Record.
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seeing the artillery at manuevres are
loud in their praises Of the japanese
soldiers, and of the snartness Of the
fway in which they carry out the vari-
Gus movements. They know how to
handle their guns well and to serve
them quickly. For some time past the
Japanese have paid particular atten-
ton to increasing the efficiency OF this
branch Of the service. The men are
the tallest in the Army. their standard
of height being five feet four inches,
as against five feet three inches, the
tandard for the engineers and cavalry.
aud five feet two inches. the average
Of the infantry. che gunner's rate of
pay is in like manner the, highest in
the whole Army, the gunner private
getting six and one-half sens day
{about seven cents to the five and one
half sens (si1 ceEts) drawn by their
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A HOMEMADE
BAROME

Here is homemade barometer with
which anybody can be his own wealth
er prophet. 1t is used largely in Eng
land, and its success in heralding the
approach of storms rs vouched for.
This is the way to make it.:
Get a common glass pickle bottle
ard I'LL it with water to within about
two inches of the top. Then place an
empty salad oil flask mouth downward
into the bottle. Nothing could be
more simple. The water in the neck
Of the fesk will rise or fall according
% the state Of the weather.
Should the water rise in the flask it
an indication of fine weather. When
the water is entirely out of the flask
one may well look for very wet wea th-
ar. and when the water in the neck
Of the flask rises above the water In
the bottle it indicates ''set fair" IA
man who made some Of these burone-
ters for himself says: =.
During the last summer l have had
two of these water barometers beside
mercurial barometer such as is
known to science, and have carefully
compared them. I noted that when
the mercurIal barometer was cutting
lively capers my water bottles were
far more sedate and on the whole
more reliable"
When the subject Of these water
barometers was brought to the atten-
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comrades Of the engineers and cavalry,
and the five sens five cents Of the
Japanese Tommy Atkins of the line.
The same genera; proportion in the pay
holds good for the officers Of artillery,
as compal. 1 with their brother officers
Of the sappers. cavalry and line. AS to
details, the organization of the jap
anese artillery service is divided broad
iy into two branches, the field artillery
and the mountain artillery. Tie former
are armed with twe.ve-pounder breech-
leaders, the others have four-pounders.
There is also a corps Of gunners re-
served for home defense. The field ar
tllery Is like our own. in that it is
distributed into batteries Of six guns,
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TeLEcRAPHEo WITHOUT BATTERIES
A A"wire" Sent oSo Miles by Electricity
Taken From the Air.

A "wire" Sent 0So Miles by Electricity
Taken From the Air.
The Northern Pacific telegraph de-
partment has telegraphed distance of
$50 miles without batteries. :. 49,. .
Saturday night, when the aurora
borealis display was on, the electric
waves were noticed as early as Z
o'clock by Superintendent Dildine, of
the system. They decided to expert
ment with the atmosphere as a cur
rent, and accordingly had the line
opened from st. Paul to Dickinson. n.
D., with the batteries along tile line
removed. The electricity was taken
from the atmosphere during the dis
turbance, which lasted twenty hours.
Superintendent Green says: "We
found that the electricity from the
overcharged atmosphere registered
from twenty-three millimeters positive
back to the same figure negative. Pure
green light shot forth at stated inter-
ais, toward the earth, and each time it
descended it charged the electric wires
all over, the country to such a degree
that all communication was stopped
for time and disturbed for many
hours. =
1.-THE electrical waves came with the
regularity Of the pendulum movement.
They were of about three minutes
duration each. shifting from negative
to positive polarities in almost perfect
rhythm. Our instruments showed a
maximum intensity Of $40 volts. - -
"When the current was at its maxi
mum positive polarity we could talk
to Dickinson very easily by using the
regular Morse alphabet. As the PEN
dulum swung back to the negative poe
the sounds from the instruments would
become fainter and fainter until the
pressure came back. Our volt meter
was not of high register, 300 volts be-
ing its limit
"The disturbance commenced at :
o'clock Saturday morning and lasted
until midnight. 1t was one of the
most remarkable atmospheric disturb
ances that has come to my knowledge
for forty years."-New York World.
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Tha Crusade In Brief.

DR.. Justin Edwards said that l0,OW
drunkards who took the pledge he'd been
permanently reformed in five years.
In Great Britain in 1901 there were 5000
deaths directly due to alcohol. while the
deaths from tuberculosis numbered $1,000.
In Maine, Kansas aad North Dakota
they have prohibition by State law. in
thirty eight other States they have IL by
local option.
The legislator who will vote to fasten
the saloon system on the neck3 o. an un-
willing people should be prccervcd il his
own alcohol and used as sign in saloon
window.
According to statistics recently gathered,
30 OCO 900 are living in rroh3bithn terri
tory in this country. Thus is more than
one-third of the entire population.
lIen1;. Noble, a veteran 1t the Laaven-
worth tkan) Soldiers Home. shot him
self dead after spending his $3D in pension
money for drink at the joints In that city
DR.. John Watson Qan Maciareu) re-
Gently preached tenn 2erauce sermon ad-
vccating that thekeepers Of drinking places
in England be called upon to pay increased
poor rates and police rates.
It is scarcely three years since the re.
form was naug,lrated BY the formation OF
a society OF abstainers in Vienna, and now
there are nine abstaiuing societies, two OF
them being societies of workingmen IN
Vienna and one Of workinGmea at GratS,A
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rhs Winaroom Must Go.

The promise is made that the wineroom
must 90 absolutely. The Journal sincerely
hopes that this is true; that it is not
merely temporary squirt OF law enforce
ment to keep the reform element" from
complaining too loudly Of the new adj
miuistration or to bring the brewery syn:
1icate to terms. This Is not question ot
politics, but q deeper and more important
question of the moral atmosphere OF tins
newspaper and Mr.. Hoffman is a Demo.
crat, but in any earnest and persistent
measures he may take for holding. the
LIQUOR traffic within bounds, for wipin9
out winerooms where children are enticed
to their ruin and abollshtng. the, dives
that are fostering sources OF crime, ne ana
his police administration shall have the
hearty support of this papel. -; j
There is no measuring the harm that u
being done by failure to enforce the Law
in this particular, We have had IN the
Juvenile Court a nuliSt:- tf examples OF
girls, mere children, induced by. such
monsters as Grlswold and Metzler to be
come habitues OF dives and engage in .
life that is worse. than death. Bat thus
is not nearly all the story, In the neigh,
a number of low doggeries that reap
rich harvest every pay day: In not few
of these gambling is carried on, and in
more of them low women, congregate.
Workingmen from the factories flock to
these places, and that one is lucky that
gets out before spending his last dollar. II
IS not possible to abolish :his class OF
saloons. but it is possible greatly to lessen
the evil they do in robbine workmen's
families of their bread Dy compelling strict
obedience 10 the kw.-fndianapoIis jour
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frequently been charged by rhinocer-
oses and other large beasts; and an un.
happy telegraph operator on the Ugan.
da Railway. on returning to the sta
l,on, found the stationmaster and staff
barricaded in a hut, while two big
lions patrolled the platform. He
promptly wired down the line for in
structions.
The edifice seen in the cut shown
is rendered necessary by very similar
conditions.
1t is q hut built for the pointsman
at Walayar. a, jungle station on the
Madras Railway. and is intended to
protect its occupant against the mum.
erous tigers which frequent the vi.
Unity.
These ferocious brutes have in the
past manifested an unholy taste fol-
railway men. and so it was found nee,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Briiish Naval Increases.

There have been launched during the
twelve months for the British navy
thirty-five vessels, the collective dis
placement tonnage being 14S.146 tons,
while the indicated horsepower Of the
machinery aggregates 300, 100. The ves-
sells complete represent cost Of 912.-
232, 900. The previous twelve months
made "lean" year, so far as launches
were concerned, the number Of British
warships being fifteen. Of 92,054 tons
displacement. with machinery Of 1885,
900 indicated horsepower, the cost be-
ing about 1891. 800. In 1901 the total
number of vessels was thirty-two,
while the total tonnage was 200, 100
tons. and the cost about flG,000,0OO
sterling.
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ton of MIR. Emery, the loca; weather

ti0n OF Mr. Emery, the local. weather
forecaster, he smiled and said:
"The principle Of the mercurial ba-
rometer and your water barometer is
the same. During the passage Of an
area of high pressure the water in the
bottle will be pressed down by the
weight of a column Of atmosphere,
and, of course, the water will be
forced up into the neck of the flask.
Contrarily. when your homemade ba-
rometer is in an area Of low pressure
the water in the bottle will rise and
the water in the neck Of the bottle will
GO down. -. .'
However, it is nonsense to say that
, the water barometer could be more &C.
curate than the mercurial. A mercu.
rial barometer in good condition never
cuts any capers, Moreover. rising
barometer does not always indicate
fair weather nor a falling barometer
q storm The best we can say Is that
this will prove true in a majority OF
cases. l would doubt the accuracy OF
the readings of your water barometer.
but it might make good plaything."
New York Press.
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which batteries are formed in eight
regiments, divided between the i'm
perial guards and the line. Altogether
the entire force has some 32L field guns
and half as many mountain guns. The
field pieces are designed in Japan after
special pattern, and are made at the
national arsenal and gun foundry at
Osaka. They are very powerful
weapons and can do good work at from
$500 to 5000 yards. The uniform Of the
gunner is much the same as that of the
cavalry-dark blue tunics and breeches
with yellow collars and facings. and
brown boots. The greatest care is
taken in the education Of the officers
of artillery. They are thoroughly we'll
grounded in their work at that most
fourishing institution. the Gunnery
School, Of Toxic.
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HOTTENTOT REVOLT GRAVE.
Settlers Are Being Murdered and
Homesteads Burned.

Berlin, Germany. - Further advices
from German Southwest Africa say
the Hereros are numbering settlers and
burning homesteads over wide areas.
The German colonial troops in the dis.
turbed district are wholly insufficient
to deal with the rebellious natives
Chancellor Won Buelow submitted to
Emperor William the dispatches re-
ceiyed on the subject by the Govern
ment. 1t was decided to ask the
Reichstag Immediately to authorize the
sending of reinforcements.
German marines have a keen desire
for service in German Southwest
Africa, as was indicated when the Sec.
ond Division of marines, 1000 strong,
was drawn up at Wilhelmshaven. Vol.
unteers for service in that colony were
called for, and every man stepped for
ward. -..-.
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TraYela of q Marked Lobster.

About three months ago fisherman
caught large seed lobster marked H
A. X. which he put overheard in Sc
guin Harbor. This was noted in the
Jonesport Enterprise, with the request
tnat. any one catching this lobster
would in turn report. On December S
George Marshall caught the same she'll.
fish near Mark Island, which as soOn
as punched by the inspector will be
placed in Hatchet Harbor. This is in,
teresting to those who are studying the
habits and yagaries Of the esculent
crustacean, and guesses are in order as
to when this specimen will next show
up.-Portland Times.
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Italy Nerlects Navigati N.

The Venetian Deputy. Eomanin-Ja-
cour.the other day delivered lecture
in which he deplored the fact that
Italy. of all European countries, alone
neglects it's opportunities for river
navigation. There are on the peninsula
5000 kilometers Of navigable rivers,
and by network Of canals these and
the larger cities of Northern Italy
could be easily connected with each
other and with the ocean aud the great
lakes.
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College and Educational Notes.

Amherst College students have
formed a Notwithstanding club and
have elected as it's President DR.. Ed
ward Hitchcock, dean of the faculty.
The catalogue of the Bowdoin Col.
lege for the year. 1903,1904 shows a
ber 27T are in the academic depart
ment.
The reports of the President and
Treasurer Of Radcliffe College for the
year 1902-03 show the number OF stu
dents admitted to registration In the
college during the year was 420, TWEEN
ty-saTen less than the preceding year.
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Tuft Hunter Outseneraled.

The fondness that some people have
for contact with notables is not always
shared by the notables themselves. 1t
is told by the late Baron Huddleston
that he once tried to obtain q seat
next to a duke at the table d'hote in
a hotel where both were guests. That
this proximity to the great man might
be brought about, the baron gave the
waiter a sovereign. The servant proved
a traitor. and an explanation being
demanded. he confessed that the duke
had given him two sovereigns not to
give the baron the coveted seat.-Ar.
gopaut.
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The Scarcity of Kali, IN.

At the present time we possess odly
about gram Of the pure salts of RI
dunn. However great may be the care
taken in such researches. small losses
are inevitable. and serious losses have
at times resulted from unforeseen ac-
ciGents brought on by the disconcerting
properties of radium. Research in all
branches Of experimental science
physics. chemistry. physiology, medi-
cine-is impeded. and a whole evolu-
ton in science is retarded. by the lack
of this precious and unique material.
which can now be obtained only at
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The Tomb OF David,

The tomb OF David. King of Israel,
is still pointed out to travellers in Pal
estine. and despite it's age. is in a re-
markably good state Of preservation.
David died in 1015 B. c.. and was
buried in the "City Of David" His
tomb became the sepulchre of several
subsequent kings, and one of the sa :
cred places Of the kingdom. 1t stands
on Mt. Zion. at Jerusalem. just outside
Of the city wall.
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Curious Experiments.

DR.. Baschide has made experiments
to test the ability of various persons
to wake up at given time. He found
that peasants and menials more COM
monty possessed this power than more
educated persons, and he thinks the
phenomenon borders on hypnotism. be-
ing kind of auto-suggestion. Most Of
the persons he experimental on woke
up from fifteen minutes to an hour, or
even two, before the time desired.
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A Strange War In Bosnia.

A singular war has been waged in
Bosnia recently. Both sides to the con-
troversy speak the same language
Croat-but they write it with different
alphabets. the Catholics with Roman
letters and those of the orthodox Greek
church with Cyriliic. To simplify the
task of the public teacher the Austrian
government directed that the Latin al
phabet should alone be used in the
schools. The innovation provoked a
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE. VICE OF INTEMeERANcE-

Poem: n Mocker A Fathers Tragic
End, Which His Son Used ~ . Text
For Powerful Temperance Lesson -
The Case OF Liquor Stayed Awsy.
"Wiue Is d; a;mocker," ah, God.
It nbcks at the widows cries, -
Mocks at the children asking for breads
II Mocls when the druukard 'dies:.. - "
"strong drink is raging" God help US.
A raging lion, in truth,
Seeking the men to slay taem,
- From old age down to youth.
''Whosoever is deceived thereby"
Can it be, he .'is not wise"
God made him see the awful curse, -"
And open his blinded eyes.
.,r.',, RAMS Horn.
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Trup,,ayan Rebels Routed.

It is announced in a dispatch from
Montevideo that the Uruguayan revo-
lutionists have been defeated after a
sanguinary battle at Illescas. General
Saraiva. the revolutionary leader in
Uruguay. is reported to have been
wounded in the leg in fight at Man
saYillagra. &c.. ...'...
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ROBBED THE DEAD.
Victim of Iroquois Fire Relieved OF
Money. -.

D1Ouey.
Chicago, Ill.-Charged with robbing
the dead and dying at the Iroquois The.
atre fire, three men have been placed
under arrest by the Chicago police.
The first Of the alleged ghouls to be
captured was Louis Witt, keeper OF
the Illinois saloon, located at Dearborn
and Randolph streets, few doors from
the main entrance Of the theatre.
It. is charged that WITT robbed the
body Of a dying woman, Mrs e. j..
Trask. the afternoon of the fire, secur'
ing $3.50, which, it is alleged, was d.
vided among three men, two OF whom
were arrested after WITT.
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Canal Treaty Amended.

The Panama canal treaty was
amended by the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, at Washington. D..
c., so as to give the United States more
Jurisdiction over the harbors of Colon
and Panama
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A Useful Combination

An idea for a combination coal and
wood holder is shown in the above il
lustration reproduced from the Wom-
ans Home Companion. For economy
Of space this receptacle will be found
especially desirable for 4 small room.
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Railway men in foreign lands often
carry on their work under conditions
that would appall their fellow workers
at home. says the Wide World Maga'
zine. On certain Central Africa n
railways, for instance, trains have
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Flood browns Thirty.

Thirty persons were drowned and
three hotels and 176 houses destroyed
as the result Of the bursting of reser.
voir at Bloemfontein. Hundreds of
persons have been rendered homeless
and destitute by the disaster.
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Italy has been more successful than
Germany in preventing a wholesale
emigration from the country to the
cities. Its surplus population has gone
for the most part to North and South
America.