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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08
WARSAW CELEBRATES
EMPRESS BIRTHDAY

war aw, May This city today
celebrated tho natal day Of Emnreas
Alexandra Fcodrovna. The socialist
warnings not to di play flags we're
generally disregardod in view of the
heayy penalties imposed upon house.
holders who fail to decorate their
houses on such occasions. This led
70 rome sturbances the angry mob
tearing down aud burning flags at ar.
terent places Otherwise the city was
quiet.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08
CHARGE FRENCH ADMIRAL
WITH FAvCRiNG RUSSIA

London. May 8.-A telegram from
Hong Kong to news agency give,
long dispatch which It is alleged tho
French authorities al Saigon refuse
to transmit on April 80. deiallings hoa
for ten days the Russian Pacific squad
ron was allowed to conveW Kamranb
bay practically into a ftks an base
freely coaling and provis @ing openly
under the direc ion of RI zee Lieyen
captain of the Interned 4Asian cruis
er Diana, the French admiral Dc
Jonqquieres, being presenE the who'll
time and until Aprl 23aEmak 'ng nc
attempt to check the breach OF neu
trality. #e
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08

MuTINy REPORTS UNTRUE.

Sebastopol. May ~ Reports az mn.
my among the military hero are IN.
correct A number Of drunken sail.
ors participated in disorders last
week, but order was restored by sail
ors and military. or eighty persons
arrested sixty-seven we're released
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08
WILL BOYCOTT BANKS
Which Subscribed 10 Fund Win
Which to Fight Strikers.

Chicoga. May 4. The Chicago Fed
GRAFTON Of labor today at the regular
mcotng decided on TWO measures
touching the tcamster's struggle
against the employers.
One is to withdraw labor nm on
funds from banks which subscribed 10
tho s50.o00 fund 10 aid the employers.
and urge individual members 70 do
likewise
The other TO attempt to secure the
Indictment Of officials on the employ
ers association on charge OF con
50 racy against certain team owners.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08

The state Of Colorado was ramed
,or me river. The word means .red
As general thing Colorado streams
are clear. limpid and reflect the blue
q the heavens aud natures green.
bdt when mountain storms arise there
y rolled through these disturbed va
.ers quantities of red sand liz
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08

concluded his address with the words
IN me name of Republican France
come here before the sacred altar Of
Nchtana to make honorable amend
or the crime committed by the
French empire"
me declaration was received with
lproarious applause and cries Of long
I'VE Republican France
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08

Honolulu May 9, 1885 p. m. There
Is marked activity in the volcano XII
auea. The flow Of lava is increasing
and riFing in the crater and gives in.
lications that there may be an over.
flow
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08
STEAMER LOST.

Mexico City, May TIT is believed
now that the Hamburg.American
freight steamer Castillo Is lost. she
y thirty.fve days over due al vera
Cruise. ....... "A.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08
CHOLERA AT kHARkoFF.

kharkoff. MAY - Cholera has ap.
peared here, and one death occurred
from that cause,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08

gagement at an early date,
The Vladivoftok torpedo boat dc.
stroyers have not been reported and
y Is believed they have returned "a
Vladivostok
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08

Iris plrnts grow In Thibet, 1880
teet above sea level In such masses
y n ~ look Nike sheets d. pstrnic N ".
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08

Iondon's new motor hre engine WIN
be able 20 travel aloui thsrty.Hyt
n.fla1 at ht,,,v Nt ff4tk s,,,...yf g1al sys Nh I wv
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-08

The best cork comes from Alrerla.
There are 100000 acres OF cork Tor.
eats II that country. N. NM. l9N M.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04

Hansccntinental railroad from Buenos Ayres in the
Argentine Republic to Valparaiso in Chile crossing the
Andes Mountains at elevation Of feet above sea
level IL nearing completion The Transandne Railway
II u called came into being long twenty years ago
put me dncult engineering problems involved to ray
morning OF the long standing boundary dispute between
Cne ana Argentina served to delay time and again
Inc boundary controversy settled
mas been proceeding rapidly the Argentine side and
tne railway 10 now laid far Las Cueyas near the
frontier where two mile tunnel will pierce the summit
ridge ~ s-A-.'
On both sides Of the Andes the engineers have had to
against great natural obstacles Incidental to the
ascent OF the mounalns The grades OF the railroad
necessarily steep In this region the rise for consd
cradle distance being than 420 to the mile Com
paratyey speaking the work Argentina has been much
less dincnt than In Chile where the Andes present an
almost precptous front to the Pacific Before entering
Nne mountains the railway in Argentina sweeps like
ael OF latitude for miles and miles across great steppes
and over broad rivers. Even leaving Mendoza Gao
miles from Buenos Ayres construction is fairly for
distance Of about eighty miles, this point the road
begins to follow the valley of the River Mendoza noun
tain stream which, with tributaries drains the melting
SHOWS OF the submits and s subject to sudden rises and
treacherous variations The the valley presents
series OF terraces and far possible the railway Is
built on the favorable by these terraces
cutting through the rock when necessary even running
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04

on part of the river bed ITSELF At about 100 miles from
Mendoza the ground begins sharply and thereafter
to the entrance Of the engineers have to
employ rack rail similar to those the and other
mountain roads.
When completed the Transandine railway VIII rank as
one Of the highest II not the highest Of worlds rail-
roads Even In Its unfinished state 1t has attained an a
tude seldom reached by transportation companies
already proving valuable transcontnena route and
every summeTthat Is to say. from November to April
between five and six thouand people themselves Of
It, being carried the uncompeted by mule car.
ayans which traverse the Andes by the Cumbre pass
an elevation Of 1905 feet The total length of the rail.
way VIII be 81 miles, The value of the can hardly
be oyerestimated. 1t may truly be said that 1t will be
the highway from the west republics South Amer
lea to Europe 1t will shorten the time between Australia
and Europe SIX to eight days. and 1t Is believed that so
soon as the service has been properly organized the Trans
andne railway will be utilized transportation Of
freight and mails from Oceanica North America and
Europe The statement Is made that one Of its most i'm
mediate results will be the establishment Of fast steam
snip service between New York and Buenos Ayres In
which event trade between the two continents Of the
western hemisphere viii be greatly accelerated.
chief Importance Of the road southern South
American standpoint will lie In the opening up OF the pen
River Plate valley the productyeness which tn
be without limit 1t is interesting know that the rail-
road built under the watchu eyes of engineers from
THIS country and that American capital is invested In II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
A Mean Trick.


A mean trick was played by two
vcs,ro setl6vs on = s,sst.s,si,s,.i ..,,,..s,,.,,
liking for flute music. r
"What say your said one. "Let us
hire hand.organ to play for several
hours in front Of his housed"
Agreed" replied the other.
The hand-organ, of a very squeaky
tone, was hired, and hour after hour,
doled out mournful tune in front Of
the residence Of the gentleman, who,
much to the disgust of the two young
men. gave no sign Of being annoyed.
The organ-grinder had received the
sum agreed upon for the work. while
the two young men had watched the
proceedings very intently from neigh
boring doorway. The postman passed
them at length and was let into the
secret.
1.-THE gentleman for whom you are
giving this entertainment will not ap-
preclate the joke" said the postman.
"And why not?" asked one OF the
jokers.
Because his family and himself left
home early this morning for trip to
scotlandv'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04

fuence with peacock's feather. How.
ever, women have lived down all this
and opals are the luck stone for au-
tumn and have been worn by recent
brides.
But even now stories are told Of the
uncanny influence of the opal. Al
phonso XII. of Spain presented an opal
ring to his young wife, Mercedes, on
their wedding day and her death oc-
CURED soon -ufterward. Before the fu-
neral the king gave the ring to his sis.
ter. Maria Del Pillar. and she also died
a few days afterward. The king then
presented the ring to his sister-in-law.
Princess Christian. and she died in the
course of three months.
Alphonso, distressed at these fatalI.
ties, resolved to wear the ring himself,
but he did not wear it long, as his I'm.
happy life shortly came to an end. The
queen regent then attached the fatal
ring to gold chain. which she hung
around the neck Of the Virgin Of Almu.
dena In Madrid.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04

ranged as to be available for open or
peep sight, us desired.
With the new rifle twenty-three
aimed shots have been fired in one
minute, used as a le-loader, and
twenty five in a minute, using maya
zine fire. Firing from the hip without
aim, twenty-seyen shots have been
fired in minute as a single loader,
and thirty-five with the magazine. The
maximum range Of the weapon is com
puted ut 4,7S1 yards. requiring an ele-
walton of AZ degrees, the bullet max
ing this distance in 35 seconds. The
maximum energy Of free recoll is Is
foot-pounds.
In the penetration tests 1t was found
that at so feet the bullet pierced 81
inches of white pine butts, made OF
one-inch boards placed an inch apart
These pine butts, thus placed, fairly
represent the resistance of the human
body. Firing into moist sand at so feet
the bullet penetrated 10 feet 8 inches,
while at 500 yards the missile pene.
trated Is inches. At so feet the bullet
went through low steel plate one.
third Of an inch thick, and at zoe
yards 1t went through high stee
plate one-f1fth of an inch thick.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04

Flashlght portraue is having
recently SO improved that 1t possible obtain impossible
by other is being by
with this artificial
sitngs
always fully timed and timed enabling
with the
also because 1t instantaneous 1t is fine for children
connection
end the lamp and the other the shutter and let
that
daylight II at night shutter
affecting directly
better expressions obtained Then the placing the lamp
instead Of background Avoid
timed plates CLOTH placed
to the angle light
spreading the light and not requiring much powder Otherwise
others
definite experience
enable to the required amount-Photo Ttmes
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
GREAT LOVERS WHO LOST
Poor Irish Girl Too naughty to We
Abraham Lincoln, Farm Hand.

= e. - =.
Poor Irish Girl Too Naughty to Wed
Abraham Lincoln, Farm Hand.
It may be some consolation to the
rejected lover to remember that many
Of the greatest men in history have
suffered equal pangs and survived the
same ordeal to find married happiness
elsewhere.
When Abraham Lincoln, as youth
Of is, was Giving in rude log cabin
in Spencer County, Indiana, and pick
ing up the rudiments of education in
the intervals of rail splitting and
plowing," he fell in love with the
daughter of poor Irish settler in a
neighboring log cabin, and after many
clumsy failures to declare his love to
her In person, penned with difficulty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04

ed In 1892 and remodeled in 1896 and
1898, is inferior to the rides Of several
foreign armies in muzzle velocity. 1t
will send bullet at the rate Of 1900
feet a second. A velocity OF 2,200 feet
second as the bullet leaves the muz-
zle Of the gun is the record of some
foreign rifles.
Experiments We're made with the
Krag to Increase this muzzle velocity,
but it was found that the mechanism
was not strong enough to resist the
increased powder pressure. So in
1850 an entirely new model was taken
up, resulting In the perfection of the
United States magazine rifle, model
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
he title role Of .Deronda." the much

the title role of ,Deronda." the much
talked Of new play.
In her dressing room sat Katherine
holding In her hand alletter. She had
read 1t many times. and now 1t must
be answered tonight but how?
The man who had written 1t had OF.
fered her everything this world can
give. even a ducal coronet, ana name
800 years old. Why did she hesitate?
Because she had seen that day in the
Royal Academy picture by rising
young American artist, Theodore Coles,
a country lane. boy and girl gath
ering violets. the boys grave, brown
eyes gazing pleadingly into the girls
laughing blue ones; and as she looked.
Kitty again heard Ted's voice. ..Dear
little Blue Eyes. I'll wait for you. You
will come back to me. know you
will" Was he waiting still, she won
dered, and was the picture done In
memory of that spring day2 II not
then the ducal coronet, and the past
forgotten. II he were waiting for her.
then-"Ted, oh. Tedw she cried, and
awokeAto find herself in her stop
floor back" on Lexington avenue. but
Ted. dear old Ted. was bending over
her. ~ =
You've had a-good. long nap, Kitty,
haven't you? I've been waiting here
half an hour. Your Andlady sent me
up, and raped and raped, but
couldn't make you hear, SO came right
In. What were you dreaming about,
little girl2 You almost frightened me
Just now. calling me SO loud"
"Oh, Ted, I've had such dream. I
was great actress, and you rising
artist. You painted a picture OF our
old country lane. with you and me
gathering yiolets. saw 1t In the
academy In London, and wanted
you 80 much; even though l was 30 ia
nous. wanted just you, and wonder
ed II you were waiting for me to come
back to you. Then l called your name,
and awoke.'
Little Blue Eyes. will You come
back to me now7 Let the fame and
fortune be one Of the dreams Of yes
terday, both for you and me. Sweet
heart, come back to the old country
lane and the violets, and let us both
be happy. VIII yous dear7''
Tied. dear. take me home. Indian
apolis Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04

of the new rifle is 10 per cent less
than the Krag, which weighs 1864
pounds.
( An army officer, explaining the fine
points Of the new rife, called attention
in cold-blooded way to the superiority
Of the rod bayonet over the old knife
bayonet.
( "rhis rifle, you see, has bayonet
shaped just like ramrod," he said,
WITH sJ sharp pains .s.sNo Now Xopqo dpa.s,
this kind Of a bayonet out of human
body. The old knife bayonet used to
stick SO fast that soldier in the thick
Of fight was often compelled to drop
his gun. But with this rod bayonet
yon can jab it in as deep as it will go,
pull it out, and ram it into the next
fellow that comes along"
The bayonet lies under the barrel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
ARMY.s NEW MAGAZINE RIrLE.
Lighter in Weight. but More Deadly

Lighter in Weight, but More Deadly
than the krag-Jorgensen.
The new magazine rife now placed
IN the hands of every soldier in the
United States army, says a Washing
ton correspondent Of the New. York
Sun, is believed to be the most efficient
weapon yet evolved by modern ord
nance experts. 1t is composite lnven.
ton, the result Of study, and experi-
the Ordnance Department assisted by
cfiicers and employees at the Springfield
armory. Massachusetts,.
The new rifle disposes Of all of the
objections made against the rides here
tofore used by the army, and possesses
several new and interesting points Of
superiority over foreign models.
The Krag- Jorgensen rifle, first adopt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04

like the old-fashioned ramrod of a
shotgun. and is brought into use In a
second by pressing spring catch.
This spring catch holds the bayonet
when 1t is extended for use, and the
old-fashioned bayonet scabbard be-
comes a thing of the past. In the
butt of the gun is slender can. half
of it filed with oil and the other half
occupied by cleaning thong.
In general appearance the rifle DIFF
fers little from the service gun now in
use, except that 1t is shorter and more
symmetrical. The renr sight is prac-
tically the same as that. used on the
Krag, but the front sight is SO ar
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
Of 1908, /" Of 80 caliber, the same as the
old rife, which is now being turned out
Of tho Snrinvfiald ormorv


at the Springfield armory.
The new rifle Is covered with a
wooden case up to within two inches
OF the muzzle, to protect the soldiers
hands during rapid fire. In the old
rifle practice the barrel became SO
hot with rapid and continuous firing
that the users hands were sometimes
blistered. The magazine is entirely
within the stock, and altogether the
new weapon is more symmetrical than
the old, as well as lighter. 1t weighs
few ounces less than nine pounds.
The rife uses cannelured cartridge
shell, with forty-four grains Of smoke
less powder. and smooth. sharp point
ed bullet, weighing 220 grains. The
muzzle velocity is 2.3OO feet per second,
800 feet per second faster than that of
the Krag. The powder pressure is
$4,000 pounds per square inch. The
rifling In the barrel makes one turn In
ten inches.
1t is the intention of the War De
partment to require the new rifle to
be used as a magazine gun, and not
as single.loading weapon, though the
mechanism permits either method, as
well as firing with the magazine only
partly filed. But the practice OF charg-
ing with the clip, holding five cart
ridges, will result. 1t is believed. in
greater accuracy of rapid firing, on
account of the fact that the marksman
may keep his eye continually, on the
target during each series of five shots.
Used in this way, greater rapidly of
fire and greater accuracy may be Sc
cured than with any other rifle known.
There are only ninety component
parts to the new rifle. as compared
with ninety-nine parts in the Krag
model of 1903. The bolt and maya
zine mechanisms can be taken apart
and assembled much more readily. The
energy Of the recoil is slightly greater
than that of the Krag, but that is q
thing that cannot be avoided II greater
& velocity Is to be secured. The weight
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
one Of his first letters asking her 10
become his wife.

{
become his wife.
He never received an answer to this
clumsy effusion,' as he afterward
called 1t, but when next he met Bird
get "she tossed her head and looked
another way" "She was much too
good" she is said to have declared.
Ito marry gawky farm hand" Then
it was that Lincoln left the paternal
cabin and yaEageds. as sh,Efl .haGtOnu
which before long was destined to ring
with the name of the gawky farm boy.
When. thirty years or 80 later. Abra-
ham Lincoln became President, Bird
get was still living, "the slatternly
wife of farm laborer in a log cabin"
and still preserved the III penned let
ter which might. If she had been wise.
have made her the first lady in the
land"
Even Byron. that most beautiful and
gifted of men, had more than his share
of refusals, and one of them at least
was accompanied by words which left
sting to his last day. He was only
Harrow schoolboy Of 10 when he
fell badly In love with Miss Chaworth
of Annesley, young heiress of some
beauty. who was two years older than
himself,
But Miss Chaworth treated all the
boys shy advances with laughter and
contempt, and. although he was "suf-
fering the tortures of the lest for her
sake. refused to take him seriously.
But the browning blow came when,
from an adjacent room, he overheard
Miss Chaworth say to her maid: do
you think l could care anything for
that lame boy?" This cruel speech, !"
he afterward said. was like a shot
through my heart. Although 1t was
late and pitch dark, darted out of
the house and never stopped running
until l reached Newsstand"
Even Byron's future unhappy wife
rejected him declsively when first he
asked her hand; and only after long
resistance consented to receive letters
from him.
Shelley, too. almost as handsome and
as gifted as Byron, knew. from more
Il
than one experience. the 'pangs of re.
lection" After he had been expelled
from Oxford and went to London with
his fellow culprit, Hogg, to live, he
fell violently in love with his land.
lady's daughter, who bore the unro-
mantle name OF Eliza jenkins: but
Eliza. even though he threatened ia
commit suicide in his despair, refused
to have anything to do with him; and
when few months later, having
thought better of the suicidal threat,
he sought to console himself by pay.
Ing court to Miss Harriet Grove. a
pretty cousin, she was SO alarmed al
his heterodoxies that she sent him de.
cisiyely about his iness.
When Richard Bnnsl%, Sheridan,
following the example of many other
amorous young men, fell over head
and ears in love with Miss Linley, the
beautiful singer, .she only laughed a,
his ardor, and made faces at him be.
hind his back" and yet he used that
subtle and eloquent tongue of his t.
such purpose that he actually rar
away with her to French nunnery
and married her after fighting ssyera,
duels with his rivals and her perse
cutors. Chicago Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
A Wedding WARNING,

The Breton peasant does not believe
in any such new-fangled doctrine as
that of the equality Of the sexes, and
he makes that clear when he takes
unto himself a wife. Then, according
to ancient custom, directly the fatal
knot is tied the bridegroom gives the
bride smart box on the ear, saying.
This is how it feels when you dis.
please me-" After this ungallant pro.
ceeding he draws her tenderly toward
him and kisses her. saying, "And this
is how it feels when you treat me
WE'LL"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
JVsr BEAR WIS Me

Just bear with me, my friend,
Full oft I've failed to say
me word Of cheer that might have
walked
To melody your day. :
Just bear with me, whene'er
The word l say is wrong.
Think Of the love that after all
Beats for You, true and strong.
sust bear with me-and try
To give me of your faith;
The faith that hesrtens life,
And bridges even death.
-Margaret b. Sangster In Every Where.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
Opal. Nd nonser Fe.red.

Superstition fades away In the siren
uous life Of the twentieth century. And
the return to common sense has shown
itself in the modern fancy for opals.
Sir Walter Scott was chiefly RESPONSE
Bile for the idea of bad luck being con-
nected with this stone, as win be re-
membered by readers of ANNE Of
:Geierstein.n And others declare that,
as the word opal is from the Greek
ops 1.-THE eye), the gem shares evil In
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04

AFFORD to pay more he called us together again OF
course always agreed to the little more readi
" than to the decrease But the point this-there was
no trouble In that shop during the nine years u
When the labor unions and employers labor come to-
gether as they surely must and WILL settle their der
ences of opinion by arbitration instead attempting to
force each other into line great step advance will
have been taken.
Divorce the other great threat against society perpetu
ally undemines the sanctiy the home and we shall
TO ind our way to some solution of the problem man
came to me not long and wanted to marry him
began to ask questions and found he had obtained divorce
from his wife the day before. sad II will not marry
YOU and did not In many divorce Is simply
evil of the most debasng kind we shall
have to meet the situation and handle 1t without gloves
How we are to do this do not know thing do know
the ministers must be careful. That Is what am
trying to do do not refuse to marry all people who have
been divorced. do however, look very carefully over
their papers and find out all the explanations
given to me seem good marry the couple. not re.
fuse. hold the option think have that right