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i rox-HuNT N NEW HAMPSHIRE.

In the vicinity of my home in New
Hampshire, foxes are among the COM
monest of the wild animals. No one
even hopes for their total extermina-
tion-the possibility of such a thing is
too remote even to excite hope. For
my part, am pleased that they are
here, for 1 see them often, and ] am
seldom too busy to watch fox. Some
times they may be seen crossing the.
Iroad at dusk, just moving shadows in
the uncertain light, but more often 4
get a, glimpse of one in broad day light,
while he is busy catching grasshop-
pers in some field. With his head on
one side, his ears cooked forward, and
with his sharp nose pointing to some
object in the grass. he stands for e.
moment, rigid with attention. Then
he leaps upward in a graceful arch,
and alights with all four feet close to-
gether. Usually the grasshoppe is I'M
derneath, and the sharp muzzle is pok-
ed down between the paws TO bring the
luckless insect out.
MY neighbors do not enjoy seeing a
fox quite SO much as do. They usu-
ally get their glirnpses of him at night,
after being awakened by the squaWk-
ling of the hens, and often enough they
| see him leave the premises with one OF
their choicest broilers In his jaws. One
good housewife who lives within mile
of me, rears turkeys for pin money,
| and one fine Sunday afternoon, not
long ago, while tn ebirds were feeding.
within a quarter of a mile of the
house, the foxes got into the flock and
killed six before the owner could run
lover to save them. Incidents of this
/ kind have been the cause Of war which
lis never ending, and in which, SO far as
/ / can see, neither side has yet gained
i any decisive advantage. There is al
ways enough chicken-stealing to make
lit advisable to keep guns and fox
hounds, and there is always enough
lfox-hunting TO keep the foxes in good
Health, physically and mentally.
The other day, neighbor Of mine
declared his intention of going fox
hunting on the following morning, and
invited me to go with him. I accepted
1.-THE invitation, and ext day / met him
Ii his yard at daylight. He had gun
himself, and offered to loan me one,
hut / declined with thanks, as I do not
keep chickens. and therefor have no
personal quarrel with the foxes. Be
hind the barn, four foxhounds were
Ichained, and we went round to loose
them. They were almost crazy with
delight at sight of the gun, and leaped
land barked as they never do IL their
master approaches them empty-hand-
led. Two of them were old dogs, train
ed fox-hunters and these were given
their liberty at once but the other two
were youngsters, and were taken on
1.-THE chain, to be liberated only after the
VETERANS had started a fox.
! We were scarcely out of the yard
when the two old dogs struck out in
Ito the wet fields with noses to the
ground, and we could see only their
backs and tails, as, they shot from
place. to place through the grass.
Presently we entered a piece of wood
land, and in less than ten minutes we
heard the deep 'Yow-yow" of one of
the old hounds as he struck the trail
of a fox. My companion now slipped
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THE qHoUeHrrUE JAPANESE,

The thoughtful Japanese seem to have
thought of everything In their prepar-
ations for war, and if they didn't it is
the fashion to say they did. For in
stance, letter from an apparently
well-informed correspondent, printed in
one Of the London newspapers, says
that one reason of the Japanese sue
cesses in Manchuria is the fact that
they had taken the trouble to learn the
Chinese language. When Manchuria
was occupied by the Russians, compar-
atively few Of the latter knew the
Chinese tongue. Efforts were made to
train men in the Institute for Eastern
Languages at yladivostok, but only a.
few students proved practically eff
cient. Moreover, only a small number
of Russians living in the country at
tempted to master Chinese, finding it
easier to muddle along with the wretch
ed "pidgin jargon," sufficient for run
ming a household, but useless when
matters Of great Importance are at
stake. The Russian railroad constructs
ors engaged a number of the Chinese
who could speak ''pidgin Russian" and
who, forNvarious motives, had settled in
Russian territory. These, as a rule,
were utterly unprincipled rascals, who
formed cliques or secret guilds, which
made it almost impossible for any but
their own kith and kin to become in
terpreters. Consequently, there were
continuous and bitter complaints from
the natives that they were being un-
mercifully cheated by men who were
traitors to their country and to their
employers. Thus, while the Russians
spent vast sums Of money on the I'm
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the young dogs, and soon the little
pack was in full cry, and tearing along
in single file, through the forest and
over the mountain side, their musical
voices echoing among the hills for
miles. .l4
A fox, cunning as he is, has certain
habits which frequently favor the hum
ter. For instance, when running be-
fore the hounds he often has a regular
route, perhaps some miles in length,
ever which he leads the dogs over and
over again. The hunter, seeing the
dogs go by the first time, hot on Rey-
nard's trail, can secrete himself near
the path, knowing that there is q, fair
chance Of getting the fox on his next
round. To be sure the crafty little
creature is apt to vary his course more
or less, but the experienced fox-hunter
knows that there are certain points
along the trail which are more likely to
be visited than others, and of course
he chooses one of these points for his
stand" This is Just what my COM
panion did. We saw the dogs go past
below a ridge of high ground which
overlooked valley, and presently we
were crouching behind the stump of a
tree, waiting for the coming of the fox.
Some twenty yards below us, rock
ljutted out of the hillside, and my
lneighbor assured me that there was
every probability that the enemy
would come 20 that rock. He had all
ready shot three foxes there from his
present hiding place The voices of
the hounds sounded fainter and faint
er, and finally died away in the dis
lance, and the man with the gun said
that it might be twenty minutes be-
fore we heard them again. In the
meantime he told me stories of other
animals he had hunted of weasels and
rats which had destroyed his poultry;
| Of an eagle which had attempted to
carry off one of his lambs, and Of a
black bear, which years ago had brok-
en- into sty and killed three full
grown pigs. And SO the time passed
until we again heard the baying Of the
hounds, which had been almost round
the hill, and which were now APP
preaching us as fast as they could
4 travel. looked in the direction Of the
sound, and far away in a field of light
colored, sun-burnt grass, 1 caught a
glimpse of red; it was a fox. 1t dis
appeared, and then saw it again COM
ing straight in our direction. In its
path there was large tree-stump, and
upon this it leaped, sat down and
looked straight in our direction. / felt
sure it did not see us for neither of us
had moved muscle, and fox, like
many other wild animals, is compare
lively Indifferent to motionless Or
jects. 1t did not seem the least un-
easy, though it must have heard the
! dogs plainly enough. At last it turned
its head towards them, for an instant,
and in that instant my companion
brought his gun to his shoulder, The
little animal was too far away for him
| to risk shot at it but 1t would be
NEARER presently, It slipped down
from the stump and passed along
under the hill until II reached the rock,
upon which it leaDed to look back In
the direction Of the dogs. For one in
slant it stood, bright-eyed, alert and
beautiful; then came loud bang, Z
and it tumbled down the hillside, kick
M . 3
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periaI Chinese lines. they won no popu-
Iarity. Since the outbreak OF the war
they have been constantly in difficulties
over the names Of the localities. and so
forth, whereas a large proportion Of
the japanese pFivates are well &C
quainted with printed and spoken
Chinese and have no difficulty in ae-
quiring local intelligence.
Just like them. Aren't they wonder
full? Of course if they shouldn't hap
pen to win they wont be as wonderful
as they are now, but they are certainly
wonderful now.
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LONG LIRE IN SO UR MIX.

There is more about living long by
drinking sour milk. Professor Mechni-
koff of Paris lends the support of his
great name to the notion. 1t is ex-
planned that sour milk owes its benefi-
cent property to the large bacillus
which it contains. This bacillus is
kind Of COW among microbes, for it
gives a great quantity Of Tactic acid.
Normally it is a stranger to the human
blood, and when introduced it behaves
itself most beautifully. It goes straight
to the large intestine, and there finds q
magnificent hunting ground among the
myrlads Of maleficent microbes which,
in great variety and abundance, haunt
that portion Of the system. Professor
Mechnikoff tells us that old age and
ordinary disease are very much alike,
senile atrophy being the same as afro
ply caused by disease or poison. Prey
ing upon the microbes that cause these
things, the sour-milk bacillus clears the
system Of its enemies and tends to keep
the individual well and young.
1t is said that the Bulgarians, who
live long, drink much sour milk. The
drinking of sour milk is high price to
pay for longevity, but life is sweet, even
though the milk be sour, and there are
many who will be willing to pay the
price.
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money as any other woman for COM
plexion powder ''Of course she does.
she Is two-faced. Judge.
Non-Mundane-'Sh is an unearthly
taIker" ..Really?.' "She never says
how on earthn or what in the world
or my land.'-Cleyeland Leader.
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Frenchmen were rather surprised re-
Gently, while walking in the Champs
Elysees, to observe strolling along that
famous avenue, near the presidential
residence, an elderly gentleman whom
they took to be the chief of the state.
The surprise was due to the fact that
M. Loubet was reported by all the pa
pers to have returned to his country
seat. But, thinking pressing business
had brought him back to the capital,
polite citizens raised their hats in sa-
lutte, receiving gracious bow in reply
and passed on. 1t now turns out that
the stroller was not the president at all,
hut a worthy though eccentric resident
of Paris, who resembles him closely in
height and in features, and who has
had his clothes cut in exactly the same
fashion. He has taken pains to initiate
the characteristic walk and gestures of
M. Loubet, and is delighted beyond
measure when any one mistakes him
Tor his distinguished double"
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The cost of preventable typhoid in
Philadelphia for the past twelve
months is computed at s1,155.OOO by the
Record Of that city: Cases about 5000.
deaths about 500, money value of 800
lives at $1,000 each $780, loss of time.
expenses for nursing and doctors, medi-
cines and funerals, sS55,OOO. The con-
clusion of the whole matter is that "the
most costly economy which a commune
ty can practice is that which is effected
in neglecting the means needed to
maintain the purity Of its water sup
ply
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-09-24

A physician tells the Washington
Post that 1t IS a widespread but erro-
neous notion that the growth Of ivy on
the exterior walls Of residences creates
q damp habitation. He is satisfied a
little reflection will convince any one Of
the fallacy Of this proposition. The
ivy, instead Of contributing to damp
ness, has rather an opposite influence,
.ssiBee it must extract moisture from the
brick or stone that it overruns. The
dampness Of these is what gives life to
the plant, 50 that the interior Of the
ral:se IS rendered dryer than it would
ilerwise
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-09-24

The English people last year with
drew from the savings banks $4,000
oOo more than they deposited. accord
ing to the latest report Of the Post
raster General. 1t is claimed that
such increase Of Withdrawals does not
Indicate lessened prosperity but a
desire on the part Of small investors
for a higher rate Of interest.
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EsENT.

Fred-When / proposed she asked for
a little time to make up her mind.
Madge-oh, SO she makes that up,
too?-chips.
They say she spends twice as much
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Bishop w. A. Gambler, Of the South
ern Methodist Episcopal Church, was
one OF a party Of ministers and lay
men recently and the talk naturally
took speculative turn. They had been
discussing eternal damnation'' and q
laylnan said: Bishop, surely you don't
believe that God would permit anybody
to be. damned, do you? Don't you
think God is too good for thait?" To
this Methodist with Universalist pre-
delictions the bishop. replied: II don't
know about that. Biblical history
would seem to be to the contrary Ac-
cording to the theory implied In what
you say all the wicked people who were
drowned in the flood went straight to
heaven and to eternal rest, away from
the cares of this world, while the only
good man in the whole world at that
time was left wading around in the
mud r.
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Woman is making her way, even in
far-off Iceland. One Of the few news
papers published in Iceland is a semi
monthly, the editor of which is a wo-
nlan-Mrs. Asmundson. She establish
ed It in 1895 and now has 200 subscrib-
ers. There is little political news in it,
the chief topics being the bringing up
of children and practical housework.
She has great trouble in reaching her
scattered subscribers, as the postal de-
partment does not like to take charge
of newspaper mail, wherefore she is
obliged to distribute her papers through
other channels. Three weekly papers
are issued at Rey Kjavik; none is pub
lished daily.
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ing. 10 rest at last against 4 tuft OF
goldenrod, a limp and ragged mass Of
fur.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs.
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chr journal aud Courier
REPUBLICAN aoMIN4TIONs.


For President ...a +
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Of New York.
For vice President
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS OF
Indiana.
For Presidential EIectors-at-Large,
RUTHERFORD TRoWBRIDGE OF New
Haven.
FRANCIS T. MAXWELL of Vernon.
HARVEY L. ROBERTS Of Winsted.
For District Electors.
First District-PhIIip COrbin OF New
Britain. ..-..s 49, ..
SECOND District-Frank b. Weeks OF
aIlddietown. -..--s...... l...-
Third District-FIoyd Cransl<a Of Plain-
Fourth District-L w. Birdseye Of
Bridgeport.
For State Officers.
FOR GOVERNOR.
HENRY ROBERTS of Hartford.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
RoLLIN $. WOODRUFF Of New Haven.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
THEODORE BODENWEIN OF New Lon
FOR TREASURER.
JAMES F. WALSH of Greenwich.
FOR COMPTROLLER.
ISABEL W. MITCHELL, of woodbury..
FOR coNGREssMAN-AT-LARGE.
GEORGE LILLEY Of Waterbury.
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Far p,.trict Electors.

FRANCIS y. MAXWELL Of Vernon.
HARVEY L, ROBERTS Of Vinsted.
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New Model
Storm Coats
For Women.

For showery dnyps these handsome
new shower proof coats-Or Storm
coats. as Sou choose to call them, will
afford excellent service. The prices are
NO barrier to easy ownership:
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For Presidential EIectors-at-Large,
RUTHERFORD TRowBRIDGE Of New
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-18
Now IS the time to have your
discs sharpened. Bring them to
Hattenhausr's who has a machine
disc sharpcner.
A SuR4estion.

Having visited in your charming
little city, I should like to suggest
something which it occurs to me
would be an improvement. You
have too many churches here.
IT, ere is ''Strength in Union it is
said so double up my friends, and
lot there be three church organiza-
tions instead of five. Let the Chris
tian denomination unite with their
Baptist brothers, and the Congre-
gationalists with the Presbyterians,
which latter have large, handsome
and modern building. The Congre-
gationalisss have no pastor, and a
Anticipated editice. NOW is the
time to act Visitor.
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.SPOFFORD..

! Will Burkhart OF Rushmore is Wis
:itiug old friends here this week.
Mrs. Olson, Co, supt. of scnools,
was making few calls on teach.
ers in this town this week.
A. F. Dring was called to Park
ersv lille. Iowa. last Sunday by the
serious sickness of his mother.
A dance was held at the home Of
Robert Davis last Friday night. A
good time is reported by all who
attended.
Jno. Smith of Cherokee, Ia., was
visiting his mother, Mrs. M. Smith
the last week. Mrs. Smith has been
quite sick but is a little better at
present.
Ed. Barnum returned last week
from Gilman, Illinois, where he
spent the winter with relatives
He reports it as being very cold
there this winter.
Miss Anna Pigman expects to
hold an entertainment and Box Soc
ial in her school house in Dist. SO
Friday evening March 18th. Every
one cordially invited to attend.
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THE CAUCUS RESULTS

The No License caucus in G A. r.
hall Monday evening was called to
order by W. W. Loveless. DR.. All.
Clark elected chairman and E. F.
Buchan secretary, Loren Clark and
Matt Fish, Tellers. The following
candidates we're selected, E. A.
Trip. president; o. W. Dieckhoff,
by reclamation. DR.. Ray Humiston
received 43 votes over IA for J. Ripp-
berger and for NJ. E. ,Lawton for
third trustee ;Loren Clark, recorder;
A. T. Latta, treasurer; J. H, Max
we'll, assessor, by reclamation; WE
Bloom received Al votes over 16 for
Gordon, 3 for Kind]und, for street
commissioner. Meeting adjourned.
The High License caucus was call
ed to order by F. L. Humiston in
Masonic hall Monday evening. E.
K. Smith elected chairman, W. M.
Evans, secretary; tellers, A. R. AL
bertus, WI. Carpenter. The follow
ing persons we're then selected as
candidates, j. N. Gould, president;
W. I. Humiston trustee by acclama-
ton, M. P. Mann received IS votes
over IS for John Montgomery, for
trustee. s. NJ Stewart received 81
votes over 26 for J. j.. Kies, 10 for
Frank Saxon, for third trustee; WE.
Madison, recorder; Fred WALL. treas
urer; Ira Mishler, assessor, by &C
.clamation, Harvey Rev declining;
z. M. Smith received 4s votes for
street commissioner, over % for E.
F. Whitney, 20 for W. E. Bloom, 7
for Will Lundgren. Second Ballot,
Smith, 70, Bloom 20, Whitney II,
Lundgren 6.
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The vote On the license question
was not officially Tailed.
When the counting of votes reach
ed the license question Mr.. Tripp,
one OF the election judges, objected
to the counting of that vote, basing
his action on the advise of the At
torney General and other. attorneys
whose advise he had obtained. Mr..
Mann, the other judge thought the
vote should be counted, at least to
ascertain the result for informtion.
Finally they decided that the Clerks
Loren Clark and j. NJ. Plotts keep
the count on sheet separate from
the official count but no record in
the returns as to result Of the vote.
After tho count the result was re-
corded in book provided for that
purpose and no entry Of the license
vote, the record signed by judges
and clerks.
OF course at this time there 10 no
knowledge Of just what the next
move will be, whether an action will
be brought: at once to compel the
count, or await the action Of the
council az to whether they will act
on what thsy personally know OF
the result, or according to the WILL
age record Of the result:
Attorney Town has held that the
vote ON the license question would
be legal, in fact We have published
his opinion and the attorney gener-
ais, j., 1t being q difference of at
torneys' opinions it. remains for d
court to decide as to the lelagity:
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The WALkER HOSPITAL
Cor. Eth Ave. and 10th st.
Worthinston, Minnesota.
Bold Robbery.
Bank Robbers Try to Crack Safe
Of Rushmore Bank.

Sometime during the night of
March IA a bold and daring robbery
was committed at the First Nation
al Bank at Rushmore, MINI. A few
minutes before nine o'clock, Tues
day a. NJ. when Asst. Cashier Ar
duser'opened the bank he found the
things in a precarious condition. A
hole large enough to admit a man
was hewn thru the south wall OF
the vault. the brick and plaster be-
ing strewn around the flour. The
vault door on the east side was mu-
tilated by having it's combination
blown off-the fuse and grease and
beeswax used for making a cavity
and touching off the nitro glycerine
was found a distance back as blown
after the discharge. Within things
were considerably turned over.
Where the hole was broken thru the
vault the safety depoe,t boxes were
stationed. These were carried to
the far side of the vault and partly
rifled, however nothing seemed to
b gene. The safe which Of course
would be tho main figure Of at
traction was unbroken, however it
seems that ct least two charges
were put against the door. With y
sledge the combination WIS Knocked
of tho same O. tho combination on
the vault. Farther than this and tho
litter no damage was done. The
burglars gained admittance thru the
back directors window which was
nailed down. The. tools used were
procured from Omaha car house,
where the lock was broken and q
pick and bar taken. A heavy @sledge
and two chissels and a punch were
taken from the blacksmith shop Of
W: j.. Dougherty,: admittance being
gained thru the back door where the
lock was sprung By the snow at
the bank it appears ..- that but
one man was present with rather a
pointed shoe probably, about 8 in
size. One track was followed in the
snow around the west side. Of the
block to Mr., Foxes corner where it
seemed to turn west on reaching
the sidewalk. The only clue at hand
is the small man who was here some
three weeks ago acting peculiar and
visiting the banks for change etc.
However the matter is very uncer-
tain. The First National carries a
burglar insurance which will I'M
dOubIodlV cover all loss.