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The incidents Of the night attack
at Port Arthur throw a striking light
upon the power Of the modern tor
pedo. For years it has been main
tanned by the ablest Of the young Off
GERS in most of the great navies that
future. The deeds Of the Japanese
boats show that this contention rested
on solid foundations.
OF recent years the torpedo has
been improved In two ways. In the
first place the projectile itself-for the
torpedo Is really an immense shell,
moving automatically on the surface
in size from IA inches in diam
eter to 10 inches. The 14-inch
carried from IS pounds to 70 pounds
of guncotton in the head, and ran 500
yards at 26 knots. The 18-inch car
ries 140 pounds to 1919 pounds Of ex-
the gyroscope, ran 500 yards at 20
to 80 knots.
To Fire at 5000 Yards.
But the prodigious change has been
wrought by the gyroscope, which was
used for the first time in war at Port
Arthur. The gyroscope is a delicate
apparatus for keeping the torpedo
straight on It's course. With 1t 1t has
become possible to fire a torpedo and
hit not only at 1000 yards, but even
at 5000 yards.
a torpedo-boat is out Of sight on a
| dark night she can fire at, hit, and
mortally injure the finest battleship
Iafloat.
The profound revolution wrought
| by the appearance OF this improve
ment in the torpedo has scarcely been
grasped by the navies Of the world.
| n fleet
which anchors at night outside a Sc
curely enclosed harbor.
| All the indications at Port Arthur
| point to q long-range attack with
| gyroscope torpedoes. In the first
place, the Japanese boats do not APP
pear to have been seen before the ac-
| tual explosions. In the second place
sian ships-and certainly the two best
of their battleships-points to a care
full examination beforehand Of the po.
sition Of the Russian fleet, and the COO
selection from a distance Of the tar.
gets. In the rush and furious excite.
nlent Of an attack, with the boats run
ming full speed thru a sea torn with
projectiles, it is almost impossible tina
there should have been such a skilfu
selection.
+ The accounts of the affair make NJ
mention Of any boats being seen es
Gaping. This again points to the gyro
4 scope and long-range attack delivered
by men who are consummate master
Of torpedo tactics.
What Does 1t Mean?
There were seemingly repeated at
tacks at long range, for torpedo ex
plosions are reported as having oc
!. Cured again and again we'll into tn
, early morning. In other words, gyro
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A RABBIT YARN OR TWO
Something Of BunnIe's Fights With Cat.
and Dogs.

New York Times. -. -. -.
Dallas Lore Sharp. who writes about
animals rather we'll, has a story about
rabbit who fought and put to ignominous
the fight. The rabbit kept leaping over
the cat, hitting the creature each time
with it's strong hind feet
General Andrew S. Burt tells some more
rabbit stories fit to go with this. Accord
ing to the general, a shepherd dog on a
ranch near Pueblo was very fond Of chas-
ing rabbits, but never caught any. One
day the dog was about his favorite pas
time, and the particular rabbit in the case
had led him a chase across a field and a.
dry creek bed The dog was following the
track in mad career, when all of sud
den. as he passed a large cane cactus, the
rabbit, who had doubled short, lcaped out
and hit him hard amidships-so hard that
he rolled over and over down the hillside,
and when he stopped rolling gave a de-
spairing yelp, tucked his tail between his
legs and bolted for home. The rabbit
watched him go and then 4"hopped back
under the cactus again, sauatted on his
launches, wagged his nose and washed
his face with his paws He sat upon his
laurels, as it were, and was content.
In another story the rabbit was less
lucky, but this was a jackrabbit, foolish
beast the general says, who most always
circles back to his starting place. He de-
CldT6S Llu1L IlG DIS OllC0 t1NlIlS tIlOL6 OiA
the north side Of Colorado canyon when
he saw two coyotes start a jackrabbit.
Snow lay upon the ground. At first both
coyotes were in bowling pursuit, but after
|: a few yards one Of them dropped in the
snow. The other coyote followed the rab-
bit as fast and as noisily as possible. He
did not gain, but gradually the rabbit cir
cled back to the starting point. When
pursued and pursuer passed close to the
place where the first coyote had dropped
out of sight in the snow, he leaped UP and
took up the chase, while the second in his
turn dropped out Of sight and rested. This
time the rabbit made q wider circle, but
he came back at last. The tired coyote
dropped out, and the fresh one took ur
the pursuit.
Once more the circle was completed, but
this time the rabbit was worn out, and the
mad rush Of the coyote who had beer
resting during that turn brought him
| down.
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RARE COURAGE
Shown by Russian Soldiers, Who Believe
In Self.Saorifice.

Shown by Russian Soldiers, Who Believe
In Self Sacrifice.
There is a monument in Turkestan to
several Russian soldiers captured by the
Turcomans In 1879. They were artillery.
men, and their guns were captured with
them: SO the Turcomans naturally or
dered them, on penalty of death, to serve
those guns against their own comrades.
Every man refused, choosing death by
horrible torture and dying without a
nurmur. !paa5s.q
This passion for self-sacrifice is the
keynote of the Russian character and 10
cultivated in the army by every possible
means. The recruit is invariably told the
story Of that heroic company Of infantry-
men in the Lomakin expedition into Turk
estan. who, at a critical moment. threw
themselves into a deep ditch in order that
the guns which were sorely needed at
the front might be galloped over their
bodies. It Is doubtful whether this could
have happened In any army but the Rus
sian.
If there is one thing in which the Rus
sian army excels it Is marching. Lord
Roberts famous march to Candahar has
been equaled over and over again by the
cZar's troops in their Central Asia cam
paigns. When General Kouropatkin
marched force Of Turkestan troops to
join Skobeleff in the attack on Cock Tepe,
he and his men We're swallowed UP In an
unknown, trackless desert for twenty six
days, yet they covered over forty miles
| a day and marched in at the end of the
time in perfect military order without a
single man sick or fallen out. It was a
| wonderful feat, but it was not regarded
In Russian military circles as being any
| thing extraordinary.
| A former captain Of the Russian army
| told Of q friend Of his who lived for
years in q small town and was then or
dered away to St. Petersburg. In less
than siv months he received a command
to return, and promptly blew his brains
4 out.
| Nobody was surprised" said my friend
1--WE all know what life in such places is
like. man can be happy in Siberia on a
lonely outpost where he has no companion
Of his own rank within 100 miles, but there
is no happiness possible in a small Rus
siah garrison town for man Of average
intelligence
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227, ]. w. Ryan on contract No. 229,
n. u. Guimont on contract No. ESQ,
j. j. Mergens on contract No. 1872, be
approved. Respectfully submitted.
Fred p. Barney, M. We Nash, p.
Commissioner Miller offered the
following resolution: 7.}
Resolved, That the report of the
committee be accepted. Adopted.
Commissioner Weingart from the
Committee on License presented the
following report:
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners:
Gentlemen: Your standing COM
mittee on License, to whom was re-
ferred the matter of application for
liquor license, have given the same
careful consideration, and beg leave
to report as follows: That the appli-
cation of Alfred N. Pouliot for license
to sell Intoxicating liquors at Hamel,
be granted, and that license be issued
when bond is approved and license
money paid. Respectfully submitted,
p. Weingart, 3Edw. Miller, A. j. Smith.
Commissioner Nash offered the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the report Of the
committee be accepted. Adopted.
Commissioner Nash from the Com
mittee on Taxes presented the follow
ing report:
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners:
Gentlemen: Your standing COM
mittee on Taxes, to whom was re-
ferred the matter of applications for
abatement and purchase Of absolute
property, have given the same care
full consideration, and beg leave to
report as follows: That the applica-
ton of James o. Pierce for cancella-
tom Of duplicate assessment, be APP
proved, and the applications for pur-
chase of absolute property of the
state of George Aase and VIM. F.
Fruen be recommended to the state
auditor for approval. Respectfully
submitted, M. w. Nash, P. Weingart,
Fred e. Barney.
Commissioner Miller offered the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That the report of the
committee be accepted. Adopted.
Commissioner Weingart from the
Committee on Claims presented the
following report:
To the Honorable Board Of County
Commissioners
Gentlemen: Your standing COM
n1ittee on Claims to whom was re-
ferred the matter of sundry bills have
given the same careful considerable on,
and beg leave to report as follows:
That the following bills be allowed:
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THE TORPEDO TO BE THE
NAVAL WEAPON OF THE FUTURE
The Progous Change that Has Been Wrought by the oscope
Delicate Apparatus that Keeps the Torpedo It's Course
Effect in Europe Of the First Battle

scope torpedo after torpedo was fred
at the Russian fleet. Possibly some of
the ships which Admiral Alexieff has
reported to have been injured by gun
fire were also struck by these later
torpedoes. Il
The last fact pointing to the use of
the gyroscope is that there are no
signs whatever of any injury to the
Japanese torpedo craft.
What does this success mean ?-the
greatest won by any fleet since the
battle Of Trafalgar. nearly a hundred
years ago, and won in a more amazing
and terrible way?
It will not escape notice that the
destruction done was such as gunfres
most improbable that three powerful
ships could have been put out of &C
ton in this manner without any loss
Of ships to an enemy f
In that brief and sudden onset.
some 100000 worth OF the
best designed ships in the world We're
put out of action.
reports, are very seriously injured. The
Czarevitch was struck in her steering
compartment; this probably means
that her rudder and steering engines
have been SO damaged as to be incap-
able of repair without prolonged So
with excellent docks, capable Of TAX
ing an injured ship. Russia does not
possess such in the far east.
The RetviZan is damaged somewhat
forward, amidships, and the same re-
marks apply to her. The Pallada was
hit a.midships, which means probably
that she is now a mere wreck.
An Amazing Thing.
This injury was inflicted by some
eight or ten destroyers, each costing
100000. The value of the whole hot-
lila, supposing it had been wiped out
in the attack, was about that of the
weakest Of the Russian ships put out
of action.
1t is an amazing result But It will
not surprise those who have followed
the progress of the modern torpedo.
The gyroscope torpedo is not effec-
tive, or not so effective, against fleets
| in motion, and hence Admiral Alexieff
| made a disastrous mistake in anchor-
| ing his fleet outside Port Arthur. For
years-in fact, since the events at
wei-hai-wei in 1895-it has been held
that no fleet ought to remain at anchor
outside an enclosed harbor during the
| night. II it does it courts destruction.
For this reason France at Brest and
Cherbourg has taken the precaution Of
enclosing a large anchorage with stone
the same at Portland and Dover.
Heavy booms will be placed at night
| over the entrances to our other naval
ports.
| The immediate result of this battle
| will be that all powers will redouble
their attention to the torpedo and the
torpedo-boat 1t is the weapon Of the
present and of the future in narrow
waters, tho not perhaps on the high
seas.
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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO
Sell Intoxicating Liquors in Henne-
hin County. Mimi

Notice is hereby given that Charles
Schiebe has petitioned the Board OF
County Commissioners of Hennepir
County, Minnesota, for license to sell
Intoxicating liquors In the front room
ON the ground floor Of that certain
building known as the Farmers
Home Hotel" situated on Section SO
Town Of Plymouth, Hennepin County
Minnesota
This application and any remon.
STRANGE or objection to the granting o,
the same will be heard and determined
by said Board OF County Commits.
sioners at meeting thereof, to be
held on Monday, July Is, 1904, at II
O'Clock am, at the Courthouse, IL
the City Of Minneapolis.
HUGH r. SCOTT,
County Auditor.
BY A.. P. Erickson,
Deputy, Hennepin County. MINI.
Dated July 1st.~ 1904
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To prevent the manufacture OF boz
gus Recommendations of servants in
Germany every servant is obliged to
keep a character book, in which neces-
sary entries Of dates and character de-
scriptions are made by the mistress
or master. The servant must then
take the book to the nearest police
station and have the record dated with
the official stamp.
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Ireland Is to have its inning this
year, says a London lady writer, for
all the French dressmakers are using
largely what is called 'broderfe an
glaise,' or Irish needlework. Whole
gowns are made Of 1t, sleeves and
bodices trimmed with 1t, and 1t will
appear in all the freshest and most
spring-like dresses.
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The state land board OF Colorado
recently threw open, for public settle
ment, over 100000 acres Of land in
Routt county, Colorado. The tract is
a part OF the vast inland empire In
northwestern Colorado, hitherto unde-
veloped, which will be opened up by
the completion Of the so-called Moi
fat road" now being built from Dem
yer to Salt Lake.
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According to DR.. P. B. Hawk, who
has been testing the blood Of athletes
before and after exercise, the increase
in the number Of red corpuscles is
greater after swimming. The actual
figures showing the percentage of gain
after different forms of exercise are:
One-hundred-yard dash, 24.8; one
half-mtle run, 17.9; mile run, 1873;
two-mile run, 8.8; broad jump, six
jumps, $50; three minute game Of
water polo 1O4.A.
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The present war has produced the
first heading containing more than q
single line ever published In a Rus
sian newspaper. Previously the most
important news had never been so
honored, and the death Of Queen Vic
toria was announced without any
heading
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Machinists and ironworkers are
greatly interested In the discovery OF
the art Of welding cast iron, which w.
s. and L. r. Schaap Of Loveland, Col,
claim to have made. They declare
that the compound which they have
invented will also braze aluminium as
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According to the last census taken
In China, by imperial order, in view
of reassessing taxes, 'the total number
Of inhabitants amounted to AIS, AL
325. The eighteen Chinese provinces
proper had s,354,ooo; Manchuria,
6,430,000, and Chinese Turkestan. 426,-
900 inhabitants.
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west Of Porto Rico, which has been
strongly fortified by the United States,
commands the Anegada passage, which
is used by all European commerce
with the Isthmus of Panama, moro
effectually than Gibraltar commands
the entrance to the Mediterranean.
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Oswald Fritz Bilse, the German ex-
lieutenant who is now undergoing his
six months punishment for publish
ing a novel Of garrison life, is only
26 years old. He is the son Of the
head master of q school in Thuringen.
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COMP AGNlIl cENERALE
TRANSFORMATIONS

French Line, New York to Paris, Six Days
Sailings Every Thursday at 10 q. M.
La Lorraine. July7 Ia Bretagne July 20
La aascogne. !, July IA La savoie -. Aug. 4
La TouraIne. .:..July a La Gascogne Aug. II
steamers; naval officers man-of-war discipline
Company's vestibuled trains, Hayre- Paris, hours
Agents-Nils Nilsson 400 washington Az q;
Il Wash. Az 8; Brecka q Hickman. 127 3D. ct B.
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The Acknowledgements government

The AustrO-Hungarian goVernment
has agreed to give a large subsidy to
the Cunard company for ten years on
the stipulation that the Cunard COM
pany provide twenty-six ships direct
per annum from Fium and Trieste.
This will take from the Hamburg line
the immense business Of carrying the
emigrants from southwestern Europe
to America
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For Blank Cartridges, Powder, Cam
mons, Fishing Tackle, go to Kennedy's,
324 Nicollet ay
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PROFESSIONAL.

sUPERFLUoUS HAIR, M0LES, ETC, PERMA.
nently removed by electricity. Miss HOLSTER,
77-7s Syndicate block. Pioneer stand Of the
northwest Exclusive specialist.
| SUPERFLUoUS HAIR, MoLES, WARTS AND
| Anna NJ Griswold. All Medical block.
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For Blank Cartridges. Powder, Can
mons. Fishing Tackle. go to Kennedy's.
824 NicoIlet av.
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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE no
Sell Intoxicating Liquors in Henne-
mir, County. Mimi .i 's.

49, DOH luCOAlCstt1llS lAAHuOIS III IlCAllSS
pin County, Mimi.
Notice, is hereby given that I. M.
Sheridan has petitioned the Board Of
County Commissioners Of Hennepin
County Minnesota, for license to sell
Intoxicating liquors in the front room
on the ground floor Of a two-story
frame building, situated on Lot g.,
Block 2, Hamel, in Town Of Medina,
Hennepin County, MINI.
This, application and any remon-
STRANGE or objections to the granting
Of the same will be heard and deter
mined by said Board Of County Com
missioners, at a meeting thereof, to
be held on Monday, July 18th, 1904,
at 10 o'clock a. M, ait the Court House,
in the City Of Minneapolis.
HUGH r. SCOTT,
County. Auditor.
BY A. p. ERICKSON.
Deputy, Hennepin County. MINI.
Dated .July 1St 1904.
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Hamburg-American.

i. Semi-weekly Twin-sorew Service.
FOR PLYMOUTH. CHERBOURG. HAMBURG.
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Hamburg 10. July q *Deutschland Aug. 4
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'Grih room and s-gymrasium on board.
XVIII call at Dover for London and Paris.
HA BUR&s-AAIERICAN LINE
OFFICES: So snd 81 Broadway. New York; iSs
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PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES

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Send your film in to be developed. Ask for
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FURRIERS
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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DETECTIVE AGENCIES

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in all Its branches References. police head
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STOVE REPAIRS I.

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STORAGE

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Want Pages D and D
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MINES AND MINING

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FOR sALE-ARIZONA COPPER MOUNTAIN
stock; 1000 shares, or any part of same at
2Ihc If taken at once. 1870, Journal.
WILL SELL 5000 SHARES ARIZONA COPPER
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journal ! J Il :.
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Respectfully submitted, P. Vein
CART, F. e. Barney. sEdw. Miller.
: Commissioner Nash offered the fol-