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of various nations to produce the best
results and finally settled upon the
French. Thus it was that French con-
tractors, employing an army of coolies
who worked for Is cents a day and
found themselves" were engaged for
several years upon the building OF the
stronghold.
It was about ten years-in 1S91-be-
fore Port Arthur was handed over to
the Chinese government by the con-
tractors. During all this time of its
slow evolution the outside world mani
tested little curiosity and less interest
concerning it. Rowing correspondents
sent occasional accounts of its wonder
full unfolding, but in those days stories
from the far east were believed to be
more exciting than reliable. 1t is a
fact. however, that by this time Port
Arthur had become a rather well built
city of more than 1000 houses and
buildings outside Of the government
wc<lxs, which formed a decidedly i'm
posing ensemble upon the water front.
It was inhabited by a commercial pop
ulation OF 5000. not to mention the gar
rison of 1000 Chinese soldiers. The
forts were mounted with guns which
were then the most modern in the mar
ket, and Chinese gunners were given
daily instruction by experts imported
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the civilized world. The upward of
10000 sick and wounded will always
have cause to be thankful that they
have fallen into such merciful hands
There will be no lack of tender nursing
and the blessed ministration that have
been such noble features Of the present
campaign In less than a year the Jap
anese have converted the world to
many new beliefs and have taught
mankind that the so called Christian
virtues are not peculiar to the occident.
Most sanguinary of conflicts it has
been, but never since armed strife be-
gan has the brotherhood of man been
so practically demonstrated.
In order to comprehend the magni-
tude Of the possible restoration of the
destroyed city and fortress of Port Ar
thur it is necessary to make a brief re-
view of its career from the moment
that it's eligibility as a great stronghold
was made apparent to the astute Mon
golian statesman Ii Hung Chang. For
hundreds of years previous to that time
Chinese junks and Nanchurian craft,
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THE SHADOWS THAT HAUNT THE THRONE OF RUSSIA

thur were drawn originally in the Of
fiees of French engineers. They en-
braced great dockyards, workshops,
dry docks, refitting basins and foun-
dries to be set conveniently along the
water front and on the cliffs a system
of fortifcations such as the world had
never seen. These plans were not com
pleted in a hurry They were subject to
a series of notifications and revis1ons
extending over several years and Were
passed upon with great particularly
by Lii Hung Chang and the govern
snenf's lesser advisers. After the Pc
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hal and the lower coast settlements had
not introduced it into the pigeon dia-
lect of oriental commerce. Although
the name, unintelligible as it was to the
oriental understanding, survived, it
added nothing to the immediate pros
perity of the place. Twenty years later
1t was merely a convenient shelter for
small shipping from the sudden squalls
which are a feature of the Yellow sea
region.
About that time, however, the Ce1es-
tial empire began to show some signs
OF awakening from its long centuries OF
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advice and treasured by the visit to the
United States of the treaty commission
Celestial families of distinction began
to send their sons abroad in order that
they might acquire further knowledge
of the foreign devils and their bar
barous ways. All of this resulted in
China's determination to establish a
navy. One of the first steps toward the
realization of that scheme was the Sc
lection of g. suitable location for a great
naval station. Having little confidence
government employed French and Eng
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together with the better constructed
vessels Of the japanese, sailing the
Yellow sea in the coastwise trade had
made common resort Of the handbook
ed harbor Of Lushunk'ow, as it was for
merly called From seward the spot
was almost hidden. the only indication
of its presence being a slit in the high
cliffs which rose precipitously from the
waters edge. This natural cleft in the
mountains was only about 200 yards in
width originally. Once within this mar
row entrance. there appeared a wide
stretch of water hemmed in on every
side by lofty cliffs. In the narrow val
leys between these cliffs few Chinese
nondescripts of unsavory reputation
had built mud huts and lived in them
secure from the attention which their
reckless mode of obtaining livelihood
might otherwise have attracted from
the Picking government.
That was the condition OF the spot in
1850 when four ships of the British
navy sailed in at high tide through tbe
cleft and proceeded to land a SURVEYING
party. The commander of the little
feet was Lieutenant William Arthur
With Characteristic British aisrerard of
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king authorities had decided on Port
Arthur the contracts for the construc-
ton of the new wonder were given to
French firms that had already demon
strated their fitness to undertake such
colossal enterprises. The astute states
man who was then at the head of Chi
mas scheme of progression informed
himself most leisurely concerning the
comparative ability of the contractors
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lish experts to sail along the coast in
search of the most available spot for
the contemplated innovation. The uni
versal verdict was in favor of Port Ar
thur, and it was planned to transform
the place into one of the most COM
pietely fitted naval stations in the
world.
Thus it happened that the plans de-
vised for the development of Port Ar
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REAr EsrATE rlsANsFERs.

H NJ Ives and wife to G. H. Griffin.
lot 81 and north half Of lot 6T3 Van
vision 81, O5C
K. Heroid to j. Nj Dick, south 80
acres of the southeast quarter of
section II, township u. range t.. 3,50
L. NJ. Crawford and wife to c. E.
Nunkres, lots AS. AL, 449. 451 and 453
Clay street. Kings addition ....-....17, 4oi
Dora Sechler and wife to Mary c.
First, lots IA and 116 Michigan ave-
nue., BARRIERS addition ......--...-.... 6Ol
D. L. Brewer and wife to NJ. A. Da-
Wis, lots $50 to Gas, inclusive, block
vision 49,. $50
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the name that it had borne for centu-
ries, he modestly rechristened it Port
Arthur, a proceeding which had little
effect upon the honest freebooters of
the coast, who call it by it's more eu-
phonious Chinese name even to the
present day. The Chinese government
likewise declined to accept the new
name, and it might have passed into
oblivion if the British traders at Shang-
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sleep. Some of its more progressive
statesmen made little incursions into
the western world and returned to the
court sanctuary at Pskfng with new
ideas. Several years before this time
that clever American diplomat, the late
Arson Burlingame. had SO gained the
confidence Of the Chinese government
that it began to cultivate a tolerance
for things occidental. Following his
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Advs. Not Accepted Over Phone
me State Journal does not accept
Eant advertisements over the telephone
LoF does 1t make charge accounts OF
SneIn. The most satisfactory plan IS 70
SIlng your want advertisement 10 the
state Journal office If you can not DO
Sals, call the Western Union telegraph
SIlce, either phone 81, and tell them ttlst
you nave an advertisement for the StaLe
journal They will send an A d y:
10Y 10 your house. You pay the BOY LoI
the advertisement the State Journal
pays for his services in bringing It down
Town Cost of classified advertisements
g &c per line. Six ordinary words make
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; ADVERTISEMENTS signed in care o. STATE
journal. ssich as Address A. B. G., care
state Journal or Address Owner, care
state journal" should be answered IN
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ALFRED S. cOYNE ANNOUNCES HIS
candidacy for marshal OF the city conr.s
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s. s. URNfY IS A CANDIDATE FOR
Judge OF the police court, subject to the
Republican primaries.
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/ HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A
candidate for councilman from the Third
ward, subject to the Republican pri-
marieS. PETER HE'LL
c. D. Miller, BETTER KNOWN AS
Bob Msler, is a candidate for marshal
of the city court, subject to the Repubi-
can primaries.
CAPT. J. T WINTRODE, THE WE'LL
known marshal Of the city court is a
candidate for the nomination for re-elec-
ton as marshal, subject to the Republic
can primary
n. F. LAYCOCK, WHO WAS APPOINT
ed to succeed z. L. Good. resigned. an
nounces himself as a candidate for the Of
1ice of clerk of the court of Topeka, sub
5ect to the Republican primaries.
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WANTED SITUATIONS.

WHEN you want &c hire nan or boy.
can up Y. NJ. c. A. telephone 81. We
have a list of men and confidential ref
Employment bureau. III =. sth ST.
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EDWIN L O'NEIIs IS A CANDIDATE
for clerk of the court Of Topeka, suD5sce
to the Republican primaries
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WANTED-A young man to learn print
ers' trade. Crane & Co
WANTED boys with wheels te work
for Hasty Messenger Co, 1l9 W. ith St
WANTED-Colored elevator boy at the
Throop hotel
WANTED-Young married man who is
willing to work, good opportunity pro-
motion, soliciting. and collecting. Address
A. L. c., Journal.
instructions for answering this kind of
an advertisement will be found at the
head of the Want column
WANTED-Good reliable man to work at
house who understands taking care of
furnace. w. W. ManspealSer, 1e91 Harri-
son.
WANTED-For Z. :. army. able bodied
unmarried men between ages q and 35;
citizens of United States. of good charae-
ter and temperate habits who can speak,
read and write English For Information
apply to recruiting officer. so Kansas
ave. Topeka, Kan.
WANTED-Bridge carpenters to shop out,
ranch hands for Okla; blacksmiths.
agents Cap. Emp. Agcy-, 7S5 Kansas av.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

=
T. D. HUMPHREYS, lawyer, 521 Kansas
ave-, Ind. phone 1912. Real estate titles
a specially. Collections. Practice in all
state and federal courts.
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STORAGE.
FREE DTsPENsAhY.
WHOLESALERS.


THE COUGHLIN HARDWARE CO.
Hardware, stoves. fine tools. T06 Kan
eas ave. Tel. COS.
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MASSAGE PARr.oR.

LADIES beauty parIors, facial massage
and shampooing, toilet articles. Mrs.
annie N. Trapps no Kan. ave. upstairs
Tel go
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FURNITURE PACKERS.
CAPITOL. UPHOLSTERING CO., Is years
experience in Topeka prices reasonable.
best of references. 125 ". Tth. Ind. 1885,
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FRED C. SLATER IS A CANDIDATE
for judge of the court Of Topeka supJece
to the Republican primaries
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ANNoUNcENIENTs.

A. ]. BOLINGER Is 4 CANDIDATEFOR
the office of police judge OF TOpega, sub
5ect to the action of the Republican
primaries.
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MoNEx.


MONEY TO LOAN on live stock. pianos,
organs, typeWriters, household goods and
personal security L. Biscoe 5z3 Kan. av-
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NJ E. YOUNKIN ANNOUNCES HE IS 4
candidate for the nomination to the Oh
fee OF marshal Of the city court suh1ect
to the action Of the Republican city prl-
mar1es. spring Of 1868.
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PHYSICIANS AM, SURGEONS

STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCILS
~~~~S~~~~-~~e~~~~~~~~-~
THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 7s4 Kan. ave.
Rubber stamps, brass and aluminium trade
checks. Prices low Catalos free. Tel ga
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BARBER SHOP.

BARBER SHOP.
D. G. JOHNSON, shave 10c, hair cut.
shampoo, massage 15c. work guaranteed.
Under Exchange Grocery, corner 9Th and
Quincy.
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uANrEIl-rENtAr.E TIEI.P.


WANTED-White girl general houseworl
no washing. 1101 Tyler st.
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BICYCLES AND REPAIRING.


TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE AND CYCLE
cycles and tandems for rent; repairing of
all kinds.
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DREssBfAKING.

/ LADIES tailoring and oressmaking, first
class work Miss Taylor. 523 w. 9Th st.
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WANTED-A young man to learn print.
ers trade. Crane & Co.
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OR RENT-Extra nice rooms for light
housekeeping. z22 ". sth st.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
From Blue Grass Valley
Now Homndan Nov 7tl

New Hampden, Nov 9TH
The health of the neighborhood
is good.
We are informed that Mr. Ed
Wagner left Monday for Staun-
ton to accept position. We wish
him success.
Mr. Marshall Rexrode and wife
returned home last week from a
visit to Mrs Rexrode's people in
Grant county.
Two young men MessrsHoover of
Brandywine are visiting at Mr. S d
Eyes this week.
Miss Eva Hull, Of Hlghtown.
and friend spent Saturday night at
E X Rexrode's.
We had the pleasure Of attend
ing the dedicatory service on the
Branch Sunday. There was a large
crowd present and abundance to
eat.
Rev Brumoaugh is holding a
series of meetings at Union Chapel
Mr. A Winner is getting along
nicely with his school at this place.
Old Boy
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
From Orr Sister WALLACE
Nov. IA. 1905.

Nov. IA, 1905.
iIcg killing seems to be the or
der Of the day here. Some nice
hogs are being butchered. Many
were fattened almost entirely on
acorns and chestnuts.
Thanksgiving Day is drawing
near and we should all prepare to
observe i in a becoming manner.
We certainly have plenty to b e
thankful for. This year has been
a year of good crops and til, far
mers should rejoice, for good crops
mike the merchant prosperous and
the professional men as we'll.
Let us all take a day off and have
a good time general, and in ways
to give us the most pleasure and be
most pleasing to Him who has
blessed us with plenty and spared
our lives.
Master Sey bert Hansel h a S a
mild attack Of lypho Did fever, on &C.
count of which, Mr. c. c. Hansel
was here last week f or
day
The Mutual Phone Co., of this
river, met at new Salem, the 18th,
and agreed to extend their line on
to Doe Hill, as the present arrange
ment of having a switch at M C
Dowell, and using the Doe Eill
line is not satisfactory, for there
was too many phones, and the SER
vice on the Doe Hill line was weak
ened.
"Greeny" said, +" "Beany" had
had 1t all his way long enough
that it was his turn now. 2
waited last week thinking h G
should hear again from "Greeny.'
lie was only 'blaffing,' | suppose,
following the fashion. He wi !
have to redeem himself next week
by showing up royal flush.
Mr. Byron Bradshaw has gone to
W. ", to seek his fortune.
Pat.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
Burial Armor and shrouds.

The custom of sewing up corpse in
flannel originated doubtless in the act
Of parliament, 10 and 10 Charles H.,
which was passed for the encourage
ment of the wooden trade and required
all bodies to be buried in wooden
shrouds. Two amending statutes were
passed - 1878 and 1850 = requiring at
the funeral an affidavit to be delivered
to the priest stating that the require
ments Of the law had been carried out;
otherwise penalties were incurred.
These acts were repealed by % George
III, although long before that time the
penalties for noncompliance with the
law had ceased to be enforced. During
the operation of the acts for burying
In wooden the law was sometimes evad-
ed by covering the corpse with hay or
flowers, notification Of which is some
times met with in the parish registers.
Burial in armOr was not at all I'M
common in the middle ages and was
considered a most honorable form Of
burial. Sir Walter Scott in "The Lay
Of the Last Minstrel" thus refers to 1t:
Seemed all on fire that chapel proud,
Where Roslin's chiefs uncoffined lie,
Each baron for sable shroud
Sheathed In his iron panoply
Westminster Gazette.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
New Salem

Nov. 10, 1905
.AIr } G Pullin, of Alexandria, Va.
is visiting friends and relatives
here.
Miss Lula Bicklin. attendant of
the W S Asylum, Staunton, Va.
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs
E A Hickln.
Mrs f A Hicklin is OH the sick
ilst but is improving.
We are glad to report Mr. } :
Hicklin is out again.
Messrs Il NJ Rodgers and } {
Pullin were in Monterey last week
Mr. Lola Hull and son Of Illinois
are visiting her parents Mr. and
Mrs James Ralston.
Mr. and Mrs j S Hicklin spent
Sunday with lis brother, E A Hick-
lin, Esq
Mrs S Fl Pullin is visiting frienc
and relatives at Green Hill. Va.
The school a. Eagle Bar is pro
crossing nicely under the manage
ment of Mr. II H Ervine.
Messrs Clarence and Jesse Hick-
lin and sisters. Misses Lula am
Ruby were pleasant callers at Il NJ
Rodgers, ESQ. Sunday. Rexle
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
TREAcHERoUs PEAT BoGs.
A Grewsome Tradition About the
battle of SOIway.

A Grewsome Tradition About the
Battle of SOlway.
There is an ancient and grewsome
tradition connected with the story or
the battle of Solway. This battle was
fought on the "debatable" borderland
between England and Scotland In the
year 1912 A troop Of horsemen heav-
lily mounted and heavily armored was
put to rout. In the panic of their fight
they ran headlong into peat bog. me
bog trembled beneath the feet OF their
chargers and opened and swallowed
them, horses and horsemen, arms and
armor. To support this tradition more
than 200 years later, at the end of the
eighteenth century, digger OF peat
came upon one of the troop-a man and
his horse, both in complete armor and
preserved from total decay by the anti
septic qualities of the peat. Another
story of that peat bog OF the Solway
firth is that in November, III, the
bog. surcharged with the moisture or
heavy rains, rose, swelled and burst
like torrent, sweeping along with It
trees and houses and destroying thirty
small villages.
Many thousands of acres of peat are
found in the north German lowland
In Ireland estimates place the lowland
bog area at 100000 acres and the
highland area at 1854 900 acres. Rus
STA is said to have 6,700 square miles of
peat Several million acres are In
Norway and Sweden, France and Hol-
land The United States and Canada
also have extensive tracts. Peat has
been used by artisans for ages In the
manufacture Of TOOLS By burning peat
the old steel workers produced the fin
est grades of iron and steel on account
Of the Intensity Of the heat produced
and the absence Of anything detrimen-
tai to the metal. The elastic and keen
Damascus swords are believed to have
been made by the use of peat.
Peat itself Is the product which re-
suits from the partial decay Of veg
etable material = MOSES and other
marsh plants-which grows and dies
In Doggy places where the water
stands. 1t is chiefly composed Of sphag-
mum, or bog moss. This moss has pc
culiarly absorptive properties owing to
the cuplike arrangement OF its parts,
which take up and hold water like a
sponge. Sphagnum continues to grow
after its roots have become detached
from the ground. These two qualities
explain why boys occasionally slide
from their old beds.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
An Elephants Strength.

Bombera was the name Of big ele-
plant employed in the construction OF
a Ceylon dam. Bombera drew from
the quarry the stone to be used, unfas-
tened the chain, rolled the block with
her forehead along the narrow en-
bankment and fitted it into its place.
If it were not just even she would
straighten it until it was right, and ali
more quickly that stone mason would
have done it and nearly as accurate.
Once some visitors were watching the
elephant when one of them asked If
Bombera could break large stone
with heavy sledge hammer which
lay near by. The rest of the party ex-
claimed that 1t was too much to ask,
but the mahout said quietly:
"Bombera can do anything"
He gave a command, and the ele-
plant swung up the hammer as If 1t
were feather and knocked the stone
into bits.
"Now take your pipe and smoke It,"
continued the mahout.
The animal stuck the sledge hammer
In her mouth and walked off as IL en-
joying morning smoke.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
Attention Patrons

The patrons Of the Monterey
school are hereby notified that the
School Board has apportioned the
amount needed for contingent ex-
penses-fuel, brooms, chalk, buck
cts, keeping house in order &c
and the amount assessed is 30 cents
from each pupil Of the public
school, and $l.00 from each High
School pupil.
There is no provision made for
this purpose, and patrons must
see that the amounts are paid. At
no point in the District is public
money used for fuel and contin-
gent expenses, and it cannot be
used here. Pay money to teachers.
H Trimble
Fl H Sevbert,
Fl F Slaven,
Monterey Dist. Sch Board
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-17
Strait Creek News
NOY Ii. 1905.

Nov IL, l9O0.
A quiet wedding took place last
Thursday. The contracting parties
were Miss Mert;e Sponaugle, of
this place, and Mr. Welch, of Staun.
ton. The ceremony was performed
by Rev Dewitt A Beery at the par
sonage, otter which the young
couple returned to her home where
there was sumptuous dinner pre-.
pared. There was a few of the
brides friends present. We wish
the young couple a bright future.
Mr. Henry Samples, who has
been making his home on North
Fork. is spending week with his
father. Mr. John Samples.
Mr. VIM Wilson, of Doe Hill was
in our midst Monday.
Mr. | NJ Wagner, Of Pocahontas
county, is spending sometime with
relative at this place.
Miss Ella Cobb, Of Back Greek
spent Saturday night with her
brother, Mr. VIM Cobb.
Mrs Jane Pullin, of Green Hill,
is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs
Josiah Wilson.
Messrs F J Rexrode and e. Gum
started today for lumber region of
Pocahontas county, where they
will stay for several days.
Mr. Walter Wagner is building a
dwelling on his part of his fathers
estate. Happy Huligau