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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-13
FIGHT OVER AN OLD SHOTGUN.
Relic Of Fight That Took Place Hun
bred Years AGO.

A legal controversy for the posses
sion of an ancient double-barreled
fint-lock shotgun is in prospect in Du.
luth. MINI.
The gun was owned. and is sfill
claimed, by Roy Mckenzie, once fam.
Gus as Duluth's giant policeman. he
being seven feet one and a half inches
tan; but Terry & Paine dispute his
claim TO the gun. The gun had lain at
the bottom of the Rainy River, at the
foot of the falls at Fort Frances, for
more than one hundred years 1t was
lost with many other guns of the same
kind, and many lives were sacrificed
during a desperate fight at Fort
Frances. about 1900, between employees
Of rival compaies-the Hudson Bay
and the American Fur Companies. The
story Of the battle is almost a tradi-
ton now, though some records rela.
ting to 1t We're destroyed at the time
the Hudson Bay post at Fort Frances
was burned a year ago.
Two of the guns were recovered re.
Gently, and one was presented to Mr..
Mckenzie. The stock is so rotten that
it may be picked to pieces with the
fingers. When Terry e. Paine. made
Mr. Mckenzie an offer for his place of
business in Duluth he accepted. and
forgot about the gun which was dis
played in the front window He now
claims the gun. and Terry & Paine de.
clare that it is theirs. and that they.
too, prize il highly. Mr. Mckenzie has
been given TO understand he can re.
cover the gun by paying a stiff price
for it, but he says he will try legal
remedy to regain possession of the
relic. II was Hudson Bay gun and
of English manufacture.
The story, briefly told, of the battle
between the employees of the rival fur
companies is as follows: Word reached
Fort Frances that a large feet Of
canoes, heavily laden with furs was
coming down the river. Both of the
fur companies heard the news at about
the same time. and each fitted out an
expedition TO proceed up river and
meet the Indians, carrying with them
presents and words of kindly greeting,
all calculated to win the good will of
the Indians and help the business in
sight
The rival expeditions started up the
river in canoes at about the same
time, and before they had proceeded
far got into fight. 1t is related by
oldtimers who have heard the story
from others, since passed away, that
the men became absorbed in the fight
and allowed their canoes to drift SO
near the falls that they could not
save themselves. In consequence they.
were carried over and drowned or
dashed to death on the rocks.
The gun which Mr. Mckenzie and
Terry & Paine claim was one that
went over the falls with the rival
expeditions which exterminated each
other.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-13
SNAP SHOTS.
From the Capitals Camera.

Homemade advice is generally as
good as any other.
AT any rate. Adam wasn't afraid to
;ell Eve any secrets.
Some fellows are always late and
some are too previous.
The mercury in a thermometer isn't
always an early riser.
The man who minds his own bust
ness hasn't time to NEEDLE,
Our respect for old age ceases when
we stack up against eggs.
The glass of fashion isn't always re-
layed to the cup that cheers.
Many man is honest because he
has never been put to the test.
The counterfeiter doesn't care abou.
being paid back in his own coin.
Even the cattle ships it is doubtful
if the steers all ride IN tue steerage.
We always have to sprint after sue
cess, but misfortune will meet a man
half way.
One reason why the girls with high
IDEAS never get married is that they are
100 homely.
There are men who finally consent
10 go to work when they can't make
living in any other way.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-13

One bour train Annapolis to Washington at
II a. returning Washington TO Annapolis o.VO p.
M arriving Annapolis 1.oo
A55 minute and one hour train to ana RON
Baltimore.
Es-Au trains over this road to leave from
"es' w. Z. SLAUGHTER
rrafic Manager.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-13
Bought Chamberlain Cough Remedy
and Sent il to Friends.

Mr.. F. w. ] Fletcher, a druggist in
Victoria. Australia. says "A customer
OF mine, was 50 pleased with Chamber
lalns Cough Remedy. which she had
used for her children when suffering from
colds and Group. that during fortnight 5
time she obtained at my shop nine bot
ties which she sent to her friends IN
different parts of the state, telling them
now much good it had done and d :
,Eising them to give it a trial" For sale
'0y Feldmeyer Bros, City Drug Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-13
II had scrofula and
erysipelas for eight
cen years, until I
heard

OF DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry writes Mr.. Hilery Koons, of Queens.
w. Va. vWhen I commenced to take
this medicine l weighed one hundred
and thirty pounds. have taken six
bottles of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and three vials of his Pleas
ant Pellets and am glad 10 say | feel
like new man. I now weigh one hum
dred and seventy-five pounds. When
had used one bottle Of the medicine
could feel it was helping me. / realize
DR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
is the best medicine on EARTH
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery purifes the blood and en-
tireiy eradicates the poisons that
breed and feed disease. 1t cures
scrofuia, eczema, erysipelas, boils,
pirnples and other eruptions that
mar and scar the skin. Pure blood
is essential to good health. The
weak, rundown, debilitated con-
dition which so many people ex-
perience is commonly the effect of
impure blood. DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery not only cleanses
the blood of impurities, but it in
creases the activity of the blood
making glands, and it enriches the
body with an abundant supply OF
pure, rich blood.
FREE. DR.. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt of stamps to pay expense
of mailing only. Send 2I one-cent
stamps for the book in paper covers,
or 81 stamps for the cloth-bound
volume. Address DR.. X. V. Pierce,
Rnffaln N Y
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-13

,rADA uHE cured n 70 mIn-itea q d E 80
yI-v1 pTTre sgsra Ssla91 n<f's = ~ r'sc2ssAsS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-13
uNAAPpINEss pIsPELLED.
Men and Women Unanimous About 1t

Men and Women Unanimous About 1t.
Many women weep and wall and refuse
to be comforted because their once mag
nificent tresses have become thin and
faded. Many men incline TO profanity
because the flies bite through the thin
thatch on their craniums. 1t will be good
news to the miserable Of both sexes. 70
learn that Newbro's Herpicide has been
placed upon the market. This Is the new
scalp cermicide and antiseptic that acts
by destroying the germ or microbe that
Is the underlying cause of all hair de-
structlon. Herpicide is a new prepara-
ton. made after a new formula on an
entirely new principle Anyone who has
tried It viii testify as to its worth. Try
4. yourself and be convinced. Sold by
heading druggists. Send 10c IN stamps
for sample to The Herpicide Co. De.
troit. Mich
Feldmeyer Brothers
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-13
-e1eduIe of Local Trains
Baltimore & Annapolis Short Line R.R
--seI,,le in effect November z7th, 1905.
.--.-.,,.. Arrs7s.r gal..zxs
ssrasy 1Fai.s.

Sunday IEat=s.
leave Annapolis 3 % and o. 40 a. m 0. 80
and 40 y. M IN
4u3 8 80 y. ~
arrive Baltimore % aud 10 IS a. m. ~ and
:, r 2, a. Annapolis 100 and II O5 a. M, 90 snd
- p. ga.
.s>ApDLts. BALTIMORE. PHILADELPHIA
AND NEW YORK.
vaB.&A. 5. L. and b. 81 .. Railroads.
soath Bound Trains.
v.., York. Leave-week days lab, 12.l5. $40.
100 a IA, II m. W p. m SunuAgs = 40
1915. l2m., 10 p. N
rtu.tel,his. Leaye-week days. 81 z 10. ~ ~,
I9.Uam Hand 10 p m sundays % ano
Ana M. : IA aud Is y M
,.y, Baittm3re-week days. % -, y %, =
Ai'', ais 8i8 D N suudays-G W, ~ a IA 1 70
~ ,rors -. Leaye-week days-6 80, 10 10. / 30, $40
S. o 25pm sundays-oVO, ~ % M,
800 20 N = "a
A. tI1a m. "a, Tsp IN sundays 70, IL %
aIn.bUO, 9 % p N
North Bound Trains.
.,..,,,lis Teave-week lays q J5, 10 % m and
Nis.5 3 ID, 5 Is, o 70 IN sundays-o W, ~,
m : y A ~ X week days-sl2. 50, an,
ITO, 10. - y m. Sundays - % ~ -
m a. t ~ days. 50, Ii So a m.
i55. 600. BU0 m, sandays-9 %. 1 o. NJ
p9islrpnia. Arrive week days--li 81 ", a; m
4O5. 10, , M, and II 40 m suhaAys~l< IL
400 u m, II 45.p. N
No, York Arrive week days-2OO 10, a. m,
GSo 10 al. ~, p. N, sundays ~, . ~ a. m
3 10. p. NJ
Trans 8, 8, aud 16 makes connection 10, LOT
W,st River landings at severnsioe. C.hheetiso,ns
w.. shocyn Elr COW nience Of the pubic rms
..ompsny is not responsible for their accuracy
g. -. BROWN, }. WlLSON DhNS S,a.,s,.r
G.. +. q +. Agt.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-13
North Bound Trains.
Annapolis, Washington & BALTIC. R. R

Time schedule in Effect November y, 1904.
-r,a;,at leave for Annapolis Junction connect
ing al Odenton aud the Junction with trans
f1r baltimore and Washington, anu olhef
points as follows:
VIA A. W. q b. AND z. Il. X.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-10

FOur-fifths of the teachers in the
United States, according to a recent
census bulletin, are women, and there
are more teachers in this country than
there are clergymen, lawyers and ply.
sicians together. In the proportion OF
women teachers to the whole number
of teachers employed the United States
leads the world, although in nearly
every civilized country the greater
part of the teaching is done by WON.
en-. This is in line with the general
tendency toward the advancement OF
woman to a better place in this coun.
try. In 1890 the number of women in
paying positions in this country was
3,914,5T1, and in 1900 this number had
increased to 5,329,SO7. However. as
the number Of men in paying positions
has also increased at the same time,
it must not be accepted as certain that
women are going to crowd men out of
positions in intellectual employment
altogether.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-10

1t will be noticed that each letter of
the alphabet is indicated, in the dis
tant by hoist of three shapes-a
cone, ball, and a drum; and, in the
semaphore, by the inclination and posi-
ton with reference to the post of
three arms
The cone with the point upward is
termed number /, and corresponds
with the semaphore arm pointing up
ward. The ball is number 2. and is
equivalent to the horizontal arm Of
the other. The down-pointing cone
corresponds with the down-pointing
arm of the semaphore, and is numbered
3. All these positions of the arm are
on the side of the post opposite to the
indicator. Number 4 is represented by
drum or by horizontal arm on the
same side as the indicator
Owing to the fact that these distant
and semaphore signals take more time
than the flag system, requiring always
two or more hoists, thirty-seven spe-
cial urgent signals needing one hoist
only have been provided in the Code
Book; such as: "32. Short of provi-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-10
Good Business.

A writer who spends his summers al
the seashore tells the following story
An ignorant countryman who saw the
sea for the first time was much i'm.
pressed with the effect of the blue
water and asked fisherman if he
could tell him the owner, as he would
like to buy gallon to take home tc
his wife. The fisherman replied, proud
ly:
''Us, me man-we own it!'
Land sakes." exclaimed the rustic
could you sell me gallon for &C
cents?"
Sure" said the fisherman; and he
disappeared, returning in a few mo
ments with a jar of water, for which
he received the countryman's 80 cents
The latter departed with his pur
chase Returning later in the day, af
ter the tide had gone out, he gazed in
silent wonder at the water, which had
reached far from the beach.
'.Lummer' he exclaimed, don't they
do a traaev'-Harpers Weekly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-10
THE NATURE OF ELECTRICITY
Remains One of the UnsoIved Prob,
lens of the Century.

Daling with the science problems Of
the twentieth century Professor A. E.
Dolbear says concerning the ALIEN
bracing mystery of electricity:
Here on the threshold of the new
century we are confronted with the.
question, What is electricity and the
answer implied by the question seems
to demand something which could
be described by one who knew enough,
as one would describe some new min
eral or gas or thing. Some eminent
scientific men are befogged by the
question, say it is some ultimate un-
movable thing, and hopeless as an in
quiry. If it be something it must
De described by its constant properties
as other things are. If it be unlike
everything else then it can not be
described by terms that apply to any
thing else. All material things have.
some common properties. A glowing
coal is an incandescent solid. flame is
an incandescent gas, but neither glow
nor flame exists apart from the matter
that exhibits the phenomena. Both
are conditions of particular kinds Of
matter.
"If electric phenomena are different
from gravitative or thermal luminous
phenomena 1t does not follow that
electricity is miraculous or that il is n
substance We know pretty thorough
ly what to expect from it, for it is
quantitatively related to mechanical
and thermal and luminous phenomena
as they are to each other; so If tbey
are conditions Of matter the presump-
ton would be strongly in favor of cleo
tricity's being a condition or property
of matter, and the question What is
electricity would then be answered
in a way by saying so, but such an
answer would not be the answer anpar-
emily expected to the question. To saw
it was a property of matter would not
be much more ineligible than to saw
the same of gravitation.
AT best it would add another pron-.
erty to the list of properties we al
ready credit it with, as elasticity. at-.
traction and so on. In any case the
nature Of electricity remains to he.
discovered and stated in terms common
to others forms Of phenomena, and il.
is to be hoped that long before this.
new century shall have been completed
mankind will be able to form as ade-.
quate an idea Of electricity as it now,
has Of heat"
Professor Dolbear intimatesr in his
article the belief that the field of in.
vestigation and research remains as
large and fruitful as it has ever been
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-10

The language of a ship is language
OF signs. But Notwithstanding this
circumstance. all possible questions
may be asked and answered, and every
item of information given in the full
est degree by its medium, even though
the conversing crafts be miles asun-
der.
The alphabet of this silent tongue is
usually flags of various shapes and
colors. But should the distance be-
tween the ships, or between the ship
and a signaling station, be too great
for colors to be distinguished, or
should the wind be blowing between
the two. so that the flags are end on,
one of two other methods must be
adopted. The first is to represent each
letter by combinations of three shapes
"a cone, ball and a drum. The sec
Ond is to make use of a semaphore
having three arms, the positions of
which with regard to one side or the
other of the post. and whether they
are horizontal. upturned or downturn
ed, indicate the letter desired.
AS The ships which speak TO each
other are frequently of different ma
tionalities, it is necessary that the sig
nal should be International or common
to all and this is sd. And another de-
sirable thing is also provided.
1t may occur to you that if a mes
sage, even one Of brief length, were
to be spelt out letter by letter. the
operation would be exceedingly tire
some, and consume time that perhaps
could be i'll afforded. To remove these
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-10

under the code pennant; while figures
from cipher to five millions are de-
noted by two flags over the code pen
nant
Geographical signals are shown by
four-flag hoists, such as: A U t
Callao; A E H V-London.
The code flag over one flag has va
rious significances. For example.
when it is over L, the hoist denotes
that cholera, plague, or yellow fever
is on board. Over l, Have not clean
bill of health" Over e indicates that
the flags which follow do not allude
to the code, but must be taken as rem
resenting the letters Of the alphabet
each stands for. This is the alpha-
betical signal, and is employed when
a name or address is about to be SMELL
ed out letter by letter. The code flag
over f and over G indicate, in one
case the end of word or dot between
initials, and in the other that the al
phabetical signals are terminated.
Numerical signal. e.. that the fol-
lowing flags are to be taken as repre-
senting the figures assigned to each
of them in table found in the book
is made known by hosting the code
pennant over NJ. Over n indicates the
decimal point, and over o the end of
the numeral signal.
If the name or the number contain
more than four letters or four figures.
1t must be given in more than one
hoist; for four is the maximum num-
Der Of flags Of which hoist must con-
sist. And if letter or figure be dupli-
Gated, or contained more than once in
any name or number, such letter or
figure must, on its second occurrence
begin or be in second hoist, and on
its third occurrence, it must begin or
be in third hoist"
The illustration of the distant and
semaphore signals is almost self-ex
planatory.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-10
INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS.

objections, code has been made out
dealing with all matters marine, by
means Of which host of flags (from
two to four in number) indicate whole
sentences. For example, the flags @,
ID and S ask the question How does
the land lie?' f, o, Are you in dan
ger?' And so on.
In the illustration of the flags here
given Of this international code of sig
nails, the various colors are indicated
thus: Yellow by dots, red by vertical
and blue by horizontal lines. You will
therefore have no difficulty in picturing
the true appearance of each.
1t is only since Jan. 1, 1902, that
the code as here illustrated has been
in exclusive use The former code pos
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-10

ed down her flags. 1t is then lowered
to the dip again in readiness for the
continuation Of the message.
Should the signal be not distinguish
able, or appear not to be applicable to
the situation, the ship spoken to must
intimate the fact by hosting the proper
flags for the purpose, keeping the an,
swering pennant at the dip" until the
signal is thoroughly comprehended,
when it is hoisted "close up"
Two-flag signals, from A B to Y z
are urgent and of Importance, and
take up ten pages of the code book,
Want a pilot" P T; Machinery out
of order" B ], are examples of the ma
ture of these hoists.
Three-flag signals occupy the great
er part of the Code Book. The bear
ings of the compass run from A B c
to A s r.
Then there are the names of the
various coins Of all countries, for ex-
ample, A U Y-a rupee, followed by
the weights and measures, A Ia
ton, decimals and fractions, B C X
.OS, and auxiliary phrases. e., con
tanning the auxiliary verbs, such as
b III w, "They must not be-"
The general vocabulary is indicated
by the flags G X A to q Mp. "Pilot
has been sent to you," Z ] 1, and
Must take in more ballast" f L s,
may be given as illustrations.
The degrees of latitude and longi-
tude, divisions of time, height of the
barometer and thermometer, are sig
nailed by hoist comprising two flags
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-10

In the broadest sense the fraternal
societies Of the United States have en-
joyed gains far exceeding the rate Of
increase in the population of the coun-
try This phase Of American life
means much for the unity and har-
mony of the nation. The great frater-
nal societies know neither sectional
nor racial lines. They bring together
many elements of the population, Of
ten widely separated ia other interests
and associations, in spirit of coop
Grafton and mutual helpfulness. 1t is
good training for self-governing peo-
pie of heterogeneous nationalities oc-
cupying a country the extent of which
is in some measure conducive to sec
tional differences and local differences.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-10

sessed no flags to represent the VOW
els; y, Y and u have been added; and
an alteration has been made in the de-
sign and colors of couple of the other
flags, f and L.
You will notice that one of the flags
"a pennant, or flag running to a point,
having two white vertical stripes on a
red grounds termed the code signal
and answering pennant. When in use
as the first, it indicates that the inter-
national code is being employed. When
used as the second-as the answering
flag-its significance is equivalent to
II notice you are wishful to communi-
cate with me-"
When ship desires to speak to an
other, she opens the ball by hoisting
her ensign with the code flag beneath
it.
The ship spoken to Immediately re-
spends to the signal by hoisting the
answering pennant at the "dip"-that
Is, two-thirds of the way up to, say,
the masthead or peak.
The first then makes the desired
signal, which may consist of two,
three or four flags; but never more
than four.
Should the second ship comprehend
the signal, she makes known the fact
by hoisting the answering pennant
CLOSE up" in which position 1t is re-
tained till the signaling craft has haul
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-10

Some people will see sort of pro-
phetic allegory in the story of the
horse which stopped and dropped dead
at the sight of an automobile. The
rapidity with which the motor is sup
planting the horse warrants the con-
lecture that the days of the animal are
numbered-at least so far as the cities
are concerned. As the locomotive dis
placed the stage horse so the steam
vehicle is sounding the doom of the
trotter and the draft animal.