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THREE THOUSAND WORDS
A MINUTE SENT BY WIRE
System Invented to Do So at Cost of
Little More Than Postal Rates.

Patrick B. Delany, the electrical in
ventor, who lives in South Orange, N
j.. has perfected a telegraph system,
which, he says, viii send messages at
a rate of 1900 words a minute Another
telegraph company. it is expected. will
be organized. which will compete for the
sending Of long word messages to the
principal cities. The cost will be but a
little above the postal rates. Mr.. De-
lany has been working on his system
for nearly ten years. and he has made
his announcement of its commercial
practicability after experiments on the
lines of the Pennsylvania railroad, near
Altoona. Pa.
The hardest problem he had to over
come was to counterfeit the effects Of
the static" as the charge is called
which accumulates in a wire during the
sending of a message Mr. DeIany has
made that static" do the work for him
and cuts it off by wave Of opposite
polarity when he finishes
The working machinery OF his system
consists of a transmitting instrument
which sends the messages punched out
on the tape to distant station. where
II Is received on a machine which prints
II on a chemically prepared tape, in the
regular Morse characters, which can be
readily translated. The electric current
decomposes the chemical solution and a
tracer bearing on the tape leaves an in
deltble blue mark for each character
This machine telegraph, IT is believed
will transmit forty times the amount of
matter now sent in a given time. It is
believed the system viii prove Of value
in carrying the volume of news matter
sent daily to the newspapers. Ulti-
mately. il is Mr. Delany's idea to make
his system take the place of the malls
for business correspondence He says
soon II will not pay a business man 10
mail letter to Chicago for two cents
and wait two or three days for an an
swer. when. for a slight additional cost
he can send letter as long and receive
an answer in few minutes.
The system has taken the gold medal
Of the Franklin Institute, OF which Mr.
Delany Is a member, also geld medal
OF the Pan-American OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Herald.
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FRIENDSHIP OF A DOVE.

The rector OF Woolstone. Gilbert Cow
entry. has just told me of a wild rock
dove which one of his stable boys had
reared from the nest. 1t slept in the
open. however. and had full liberty.
Soon the good things on the rectors Ia
BILE attracted It, and IT would appear
through the open window at meal times,
take hot soup with much zest, Snd even
sip sherry from the wine glass. AT night
it often slipped I'm and slept in the rec
tors bed, on his back. under the cover
let! One Sunday morning during the
reading of the lesson the dove flew
swiftly through an open window into the
church and settled on the rector's head
Broad smiles spread over the faces of
the elders and audible filters came from
the youngsters. A gentle touch sent the
bird down to the edge of the clerk s
desk below. where IL sat undisturbed-
Pail Mall Gazette.
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LAKES OF NAPHTHA.
Boundless Reservoirs of the Mineral
Fuel in Eastern Asia.

The chief source of the worlds sup
ply of naphtha promises to be shifted
to the eastern part OF Asia. which has
been found to be one of the richest min
eral fuel regions in the world. accord
ing to a recent consular report The
area Of all the paying coal layers in
Europe comprises only 22,760 square
miles. an area equal to that of one of
the Russian provinces-the Kazan prov
ince. The area of coal layers in east
ern Asia, though not yet estimated, is
considered incalculab BILE.
Besides immense coal beds, eastern
Asia possesses wealthy underground
naphtha lakes that viii soon be the
foundation OF a great industry. Naph-
tina springs are found everywhere in
China, a Manchuria. in the Usseri dis
trict in japan, and on the Sakhalin ISL
and. The latter island not only pos
sesses very rich coal mines, but also
large naphtha lakes.
The chemical engineer. X. s. Platonoff,
after having examined the coal beds
and naphtha wells in Texas and Penn
sylvania. made an investigation of the
naphtha springs on Sakhalin Island. and
on his return TO Baku declared that all
he had seen IN the United States was
nothing in comparison to what he found
on Sakhalln-
The naphtha springs near the River
Nootovo, on Sakhalin. excel those of
Baku in every regard. Seven under
ground naphtha lakes are there, the
area of the largest one being 5000
square meters G5.S2O square yards).
Notwithstanding the increased output
of the Japanese naphtha industry. Japan
must still import foreign naphtha In
1900 she imported more than 60,OO0 00C
gallons, and IN 1901 more than 81 900 00C
gallons. The export from Japan is in
considerable 30 that the Japanese
naphtha docs not threaten to become a
rival TO Saxhalin naphtha. On the con
trary. Japan promises TO become a good
market for the Sakhalin naphtha
The development of the OIL industry on
Sakhalin Island will help the river navi-
CATION on the Amur and in the Far East
generally.
The ministry Of agriculture and impe-
rial properties has ordered that the
thirty-three-miIe line along the south
eastern coast of Lake baikaI be ac-
knowledged as actual naphtha-produc.
ing land. 1t extends from Klltchuoy 10
the mouth of River Chermushan ga de-
grees north latitude) TO the north from
Svyatoy Moss.
A party of five English arrived re-
Gently on Sakhalin to examine the coal
oil regions lately discovered on the east
ern coast of the island. Among the
party there IS one geologist and one en-
gtneer-Chicago Chronicle.
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WORLDS CORN KING.

In Tarkio, Mo-. lives the worlds
Corn King" undisputed in the title,
by right of his 14.OO0-acre corn crop.
Otherwise known, says the Implement
Age" he is Hon. David Rankin, the
largest corn grower and stock feeder on
record.
Great corn fields and meadows are his
farms, ranging in size from $40 to 5000
acres, the largest having 5000 acres, OF
which 5000 acres is IN corn. being the
largest corn field in the world. requiring
100 horses and mules every day, cult
waiting on an average Of 600 acres per
day This great sea of waving corn
could not be handled by old. Anticipated
methods. II is only possible by the use
of up-to-date implements-two-row lis
tiers, two-row cultiyators. etc.-that Mr..
Rankin is able TO get his work done.
On such an immense estate 1t is neces-
sary to have a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
working force His operations. like
some great factory or railway system,
are divided into fourteen departments
with a manager at the head of each,
under the general supervision of him
self
over 14,OoO-acre corn crop. Wonderful
nearly 100000 bushels OF corn pro
duced by one man annually. every ear
of which is fed to cattle and hogs by
him. and often 10000 bushels more.
which he buys of his neighbors, as he
feeds 5000 TO 10000 head of cattle, and
double that number OF hogs annually
1t will be seen that the volume OF his
business is so extensive that a small
margin of profit per head on the stock
fed nets him a fortune each year He
is known the world over as the Napo-
leon farmer and stock feeder.
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PROPHECIES THAT cAsF TRUE.

The late Countess of Moray. at the
age Of twelve, was told by a gypsy that
she would have two husbands. and that
just before her death she would pass
through a newly feIied wood in a car
riage drawn by a piebaid horse to the
house which she would never leave
alive
The prophecy was very strangely real
lied. Miss Lockhart's first husband was
the Earl Of Aboyne: the second the Ear
Of Moray. Shortly before her death she
visited the Highlands of Scotland and
passed through the forest OF GIenmore
then in process OF removal, and Of. TIA
followed morning the coachman larne
TO say that one of his four horses had
died suddenly In the night. and thar he
had therefore borrowed another. II was
a piebald one. She went on to Culloden
House. where she was taken i'll, and,
after a short tine. expired
1t is recorded OF the poet Dryden. by
Charles Wilson, in his Life of Con-
greve," that having. strange 20 say, be-
lief in astrology. he was careful to as
certain to the second the time at which
his son Charles was born. He then cal
culated the boys nativity. and was
alarmed 10 discover that evil influences
prevailed in the heavens. He concluded
that in his eighth year. and on the
day OF birth. his sons life would be Sc
riously endangered. IL not lost: and that
II he lived. the same danger would ex-
list when he attained his twenty-third
birthday, and again on his thirty-thlrd
or fourth On the boys eighth birth
day. despite every precaution to keey
him from any possible danger he was
nearly killed by the fall of a wall. On
his twenty-third birthday he was seized
with giddiness. and fell from an old
tower belonging to the Vatican. at
Rome. and he was drowned at Windsor
Castle while swimming across the
Thames in his thirty-third year.-Lon-
don Health.
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PIG ARRESTED AS vAGRANT.

WELL This police business is certain
ly getting ON the hog
Lieutenant Cole leaned back in his
chair behind the desk OF the central po-
lice station yesterday morning and
thrust both hands In his trousers pock-
cts.
In the police station ambled q pig es-
corted by officers Cash and Healy.
What's the charge against the pris-
oner?" asked the lieutenant.
''Vagrancy," said Officer Cash. with a
salute. I'VE found him lying under a
doorstep In ST. Paul Street. near Center
Street He didn't resist u.s.
The pig grunted his disapproyal of the
charge. and the lieutenant ordered him
TO be taken back and locked IN In a
cell This was done, but the unfortunate
porker squeaied loudly when the iron
barred door changed to behind him.
About an hour later the pigs owner put
in his appearance. and carried him
away, presumably to the wienerwurst
factory.-Baltim0Te Sun.
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CAR AND THE cows.

The following fable. dealing with the
fall OF NJ. White. the Russian finance
minister. is related IN a recent brochure
entitled "A Glance at the Secrets Of
Russian Policy" published at Vienna.
The Car dreamed the following singu-
lar dream: He saw three cows, one fat,
one lean. and blind. The next day he
sent for the Metropolitan Palladius, and
begged him TO explain the dream. but
the Metropolitan declined. The Car
then sent for Father John of Kronstadt.
and made the same request OF him.
Father John stroked his long, curly
hair with his hand, and made reply in
the following words:
Your majesty. / understand your
dream in this way: The fat COW Is the
finance minister. the lean one is the
Russian people and the blind
one"
Don't be afraid; go on" said the
Gar.
The blind cow is-your majes tyr
New York Times.
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LIVES OF LOCOMOTIVES
IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA


Some little time ago Mr.. Wordell. the
chief locomotive superintendent Of the
Northeastern Railway. England, coEa-
piled some interesting facts on the lives
Of locomotives. He found that on En-
giish lines the average length OF time
between repairs of engines was two
years, while in America it was only Il
year and a quarter or year and half.
The average life of a passenger express
locomotive in England was twenty-five
years, and in America sixteen years
and whereas the English engine ran
from ZOO 900 to 1000, 900 miles in that
time, the American one ran up to 9 900 =
600 miles in the shorter period In the
case OF freight locomotives, the average
life In England was twenty-six years
and In America sixteen years. and
whereas in this country the miles COW
cred were from 10000 to S00.0G in
America the total was much higher
Golden Penny
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BUSINESS DWINDLES
TO HOLIDAY LIMIT
Transactions in New York Market
Wholly in Professional Hands-Ir-
regular Tone Prevails

NEW YORK. Jan. 3O.-In the stock
market dealings today values fell off to
a virtually holiday limit. Transactions
were wholly in the hands of the profess
sional element. An irregular tone per-
vaded both the railway and industrial
departments.
The foreign political advices were
without effect. and a general disposition
was shown to reduce commitments for
fear of unfavorable developments in the
Far East over Sunday. The net changes
OF the day were extremely small.
The selling OF Steel preferred was a
feature. ana Amalgamated Copper was
heavy and reacted about n point. The
bank statement was disappointment
and upon its publicity traders sold with
more freedom.
The market closed unsettled and
heavy. Government bonds were UNI
changed. Other bonds were quiet and
irregular.
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LONDON STOCK MARKET.

LONDON Jan. 30.-Business on the
stock exchange was Influenced by war
rumors, trading was inactive. and prices
were depressed. Consols were weak. but
closed a fraction better. American
stocks opened lower, comparatively
steady. and at about parity. Later
they became inanimate and closed quiet
Foreign securities felt keenly the I'M
certainty In regard 20 the Far Eastern
situation. and dropped under the lead OF
Japanese.
Money was in fair demand today. af-
fected somewhat by month-end opera
tions. Discounts were quiet.
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET
sales-washingtOn Gas and Electric

Sales-Washington Gas and Electric
As. 500d77Z.
Washington Gas. S. b 100d105L
Metropolitan Railroad. 6's. "A" 57d16S.
Metropolitan Railroad, 6s, "A" 5TQ10s.
Washington Gas, cert. ind. 2,00Od 1874.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
IS, ]. 0OOd104ik.
Merganthaier, 2sq175. 1Oa175. 1Oa175,
1ft175. 16175.
After cail-washington Gas Certif-
cate ind, 5000 1885,
Washington Gas Certificate ind. 5000
d1137k.
Washington Street Railway. IS. Loo
a767s.
! Washington Street Railway. as, 1000
arcs.
Washington Gas Certificate ind, 1000
d1157s.
Washington Gas Certificate ind. 4cO9
ia - ,,,
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The gold premium at Madrid today
was 3742. against 1920 yesterday; and at
Lisbon 22.50, against 200 sr
Bar silver In London steady and I'M
changed at 25& pence per ounce. To-
days New York price for commercial
bars unchanged at O5&aM57 cents. Gov
eminent assay bars unchanged at 655s0
571z. Mexican dollars unchanged at 421zu
A.
Chicago exchange on New York city
30 premium per 81 900. as compared with
no quotation yesterday, and 20 premium
a year ago To-Day. Boston exchange PAT
and ) premium, against par yesterday.
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COAST TRADE LAWS EXTENSION.

Representative Powers (Rep.I Mass)
yesterday introduced In the Nouse A
bill TO defer the extension Of THE coast
wise laws Of the United State4 to the
Philippines. and 10 the tradeS OF the
islands themselves. until April II, 1909.
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PRICE CHANGES OF WEEK.

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-The following
table shows the highest. lowest, and
last prices. and the number of shares
sold, of the most active stocks in the
stock market in the past week:
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK. Jan. So.-The following
table shows the highest. lowest. and
last prices. and the net changes of the
most active stocks in the stock market
today:
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CHICAGO GRAIN
AND PROVISIONS

Especial 10 The Washington Times.)
CHICAGO. Jan. 30 - The following
quotations for futures were current in
the markets today:
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NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET.

NEW YORK. Jan. 3O.-The following
quotations were current in the graira
market today:
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IRREGULAR Tone Per0,uaes Stock Market.
Cotton Options Score Ne7O High Records
NEW YORK CURB MARKET.
Yesterdays

NEW YORK. Jan. 3O.-The following
quotations were current in the curb
market today:
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In the current week OF 1903 cash hold
fngs Increased 81. 207. 500. loans in1reaseI
s1l.0620 O0 surplus reserve increafed a.
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WEEKLY STATEMENT
OF NEW YORK BANKS

NEW YORK. Jan. 20. - Changes dor
the week shown by today's returnsi Of
the. New York Associated Banks Were
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TnCredSp. --UtNTtfSt-
Total sales. 214.Sl3 shares. against
402. 275 yesterday. $4,000 a week ago, and
419. 40 n year ago.
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GOVERNMENT BONDS
RAILROAD BONDS.

Mh'~-A>i>lA-'i@ve' DN-'D-.
WASH Gas Co., ser. A, e's 19O2-27. los
Wash Gas Co.. ser b, G's 1oO4-27. les
4. s. Elec. Light, Deb. Imp. 1902. 1913
L. S Elec. Li0ht, Cert. Indebt.... l03
Chez q Pot. Tel. Co. 6's.......... lO4
Wash. Market Co., LIST 6's, 1902. 100
Masonic Hall Assn 6'S G, l9O3--.. 100
Wa shingtOn observation-disclosures l3H
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MR. COBB'S ACCEPTANCE.
What the Portland Press Says of 1t.


Mr.. Cobb's speech accepting the nominal
ton was a gem, brief and in excellent taste.
Especially to be commended is his reference
to the rvalries of the canvass for the nOmi-
nation. He said he was aware that the re-
suit caused disappointment to many, ''but
wish to say that no word or act of mine
will ever serve to increase differences, but
rather that everything will be done to make
such differences forgotten" And he added
that had the result been otherwise the sue
cessful candidate would have been assured
of the same loyal support in the campaign
canvass. These words are well spoken,
and they will do much to allay any irrita-
ton that may have been caused by the heat
of rivalry Right here it is proper to recall
the fact that Mr.. Cobb's attitude has been
absolutely correct all along, and that never
has he said word unkindly rejecting on
any other candidate. This is something
that rebounds to his credit and is likely to
work in his favor in the campaign. Per-
haps the most pregnant passage of the
speech is the following:
''lf it is my good fortune to be elected,
will do the best | can to enforce the laws of
the State, and all the laws. L have made
no pledges to any person Or party. pledge
my best efforts to an economical and judi
ciOus administration. 1t will be my highest
aim and endeavOr to uphold those princi-
pies which the Republican party have ideal
lied since its organization, tG prevent con-
fict of material interests and to the best of
my ability advance the welfare and pros
perity of Maine, and respect for her laws. :"
We believe that Mr.. Cobb means what he
says and will do as he says.
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MFETINGOF WALDO COUNTY GRANGE

A very large and enthusiastic meeting of
Waldo County Pomona Grange was held
June 18th with Dirigo Grange Freedom.
The ttficers present were master, lecturer,
steward, secretary, gate keeper, pomona
and ceres. The pro TEN officers were Is. +,
Foster, overseer; W. S. DolCff, chaplain
Mrs. b. f. Foster, flora. The following
oranges were represented Rising Sun, Sea-
side, Harvest Moon, Silver Harvest, Comet,
Sandy Stream, Seven Star, Honesty, Union
Harvest, Dirigo. Frederick Richie, South
MOntvIlle and Sunlight. The fifth degree
was conferred in full form on a class of IS,
ami ii was done in very credtable man
ner considering that it was the first time
the degree has been conferred in full form
in this county and the officers were all
green at the work. A very fine address OF
welcome was given sby Mrs. Katrina H.
Bryant and the response, which was also
fine, was by Mrs. Agnes Abbott. The noon
recess was then taken, and the patrons
were well cared for by the members of Di-
rigo grange. On calling to order again the
topic, "What Improvement can be made by
the farmers in marketing their crops ?"
was discussed by b. F. Foster, G. G. Alb
bot, A WadsWorth, j. G. Harding, p W.
Aver and f. Evans. The following liter
AIRY entertainment was given by Dirigo
Grange; recitation by Betsey Ingraham ;
song by Grace and Maud Nichols; drama,
'Not Man in the House, song by Anna
bel Hall; reading by Mrs. Haney. The
grange was then duly closed The next
meeting will be announced later.
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married, will be pleased to learn of the
successful work which has placed him
in the front rank among Denver clergy
men. Since leaving Belfast Mr.. Utter
has filled with credit to himself some of
the most important pulpits in the west.
The last Sunday in January, 1896, he
came to Denver and filled the pulpit of
Unity church as temporary pastor until
upon to become its permanent pastor
and undertook the work of uniting the
congregation and putting the society
upon a firm footing. At that time the
society was under a debt of $4,000,
which had hung over it from the com
pletiOn of the church building some
ten years previous. The task was one
that very few ministers wished to I'M
dertake Denver people were suffering
from the financial depression that had
extended over the entire country, some
of the banks had failed, and many of the
people who had been helping the church
We're unable to render any assistance
towards its support. The prospects
were anything but bright ana very few
people thought it possible for man to
do anything at that time; but without
thought or fear of failure Mr.. Utter
entered upon the work. The society
Immediately began to increase in num-
bers, and in March, 1902, he had cleared
the church from debt, so that today it
is prosperous and has an influential
standing among the so-called first
churches of the city. Mr.. Utter has
not only built up Unity church but has
taken an active interest in the city's
welfare and made his influence felt in
various good works that have been in
augurated for the benefit Of her citi-
zens, and has always been found ready
to undertake any work that would be
of assistance to his felloWmen.
DIRIGO.
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STATE OF MAINE.

WALDO IS. SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
APRIL TERN, 1904.
Upon the foregoing libel, Ordered, That the
libellant give notice to the Ibellee of the pend
ency thereof by causing an attested copy thereof
weeks successfully in The Republican Journal, a
newspaper printed at Belfast, in the County of
Waldo, the last publication thereof to be thirty
days, at least before the term of said Court next
to be holden at Belfast, within and for the County
of Waldo, on the third Tuesday of September
next that the libellee may then and there appear
and show cause, if any he has. why the prayer of
the lbelant should not be granted.
Attest:-TILESTON WADLIN, Clerk.
A true copy of the Libel and Order of Court
thereon 3w26
Attest:-TILESTON WADLIN, Clerk.
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INGRAHAM-PAT Thursday even
ing, June 21st, Miss Mildred Patterson and
Charles A. lngraham were united in marri-
age by Rev. L. D. Evans at the parsonage.
he bride wore a becoming gown of blue
vOile, and was attended by the sister of the
groom, Miss Cora Ingraham. The friends
of the young couple extend congratula-
tiOns and wish for them many years of hap
piness. They will reside with the groom's
p arents on Grove street-Camden Herald.
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REV. DAVID UTTER.
The Good Work he has Done in Denver.

ID E n V E Il,
COLORADO,
J u II e 2 I.
The people
of B Ell a st
who were ac-
gu al n t e d
w i tn r e V.
d a V i d n.
U tier as pas
t or 0 f t h e
Z nj t a r ian
church, and
were friends
of Do C t 0 +
p a | f re y,
W h o S e
daughter he