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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
RoJEsTVENsKY HEARD FROM.
Com mander of Pacific Sqaudron Has
 Sailed For VladivOstOk.

Sailed For Vladivostok.
 ST. PETERSBURG, April A re- port from Vice Admiral Rojestvensky just received indicates that the de- parture of the second Pacific squad ron from Madagascar waters is final and that it is now on the way to Vlad- ivostok The admiral stated that the squadron sailed March 16, but he avoid ed all mention of the route which it was intended to follow on the voyage eastward. .r
 The admiralty has admitted knowl- edge of the determination of Vice Ad- miral Rojestvensky to sail for Vladi- vostok and stated that no contrary or ders had been sent him. It is under- stood that rendezvous with Vice Ad- miral Nebogatoff's division of the Bal tic squadron is not contemplated.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
Operation on Pri,ee .s N.,.s

LONDON. April 4-The Prince of Wales underwent an operation at Marl borough house for the cure of an ab scess yesterday and is doing we'll The public was assured that nothing seri- ous was the matter by Sir Francis H. Laking and Sir Frederick Treves, the court physicians.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
Professor H. H. snelI Dead.

HOOSICK FALLS. \. Y-. April A. Professor H. H. Shell. superintendent of the public schools here. died after a long illness. Death resulted from a tu- nor on the brain He was fifty years of age and graduate of Alfred uni yerSity.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
Married T. rI.re.e..

FLORENCE. Italy. April 4-F. W. Guinn- IT.. of Montclair. N. T.. was married here yesterday to Glare q. Persons. daughter of Charles P Per sons. vice president of the American Pres Association of New Yark city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
Look Out !!

Pneumonia Is very prevalent just now. White pine and tar wards it off. Take ours. Take no other. and you take no chances. 9 cents takes the bottle. FITZPATRICK'S Pharmacy. East Main and Wall streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-11
Rangoon.

From the Chicago News
Rangoon, the principal city of Burma.
grew up around the sacred spot on which
Is built the great Shoay Dagon pagoda. one
of its principal wonders. Rising to a
height of 800 feet, its size is greatly en-
HANGED by the fact that 1t stands on an emf.
nence that is itseIss 166 feet above the level
of the city," sa@ a writer. 1T Is covered
with pure gold from base to summit: and
once in every generation this gold is COM
pietely renewed by public subscription. Yet
throughout the interval the process of re-
gliding goes on perpetually. Pious people
who seek in this way to express their ven
GRAFTON and to add to their store of spirit
ual merit climb up daily with little futter-
ing packets of gold leaf which they fasten
on some fraction of Its great surface. There
IS no more picturesque sight offered by 1t
IMAM that of a group of these silken wor-
Shippers outlined high against its gold. IN
the act of contributing their small quota
70 IT'S splendor. The pagoda itself has no
interior. 1t is solid stupa of brick raised
over relic chamber
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in the fact that transportation facilities.
by means of steam, elevated and surface
railroads, are so plentiful that the tempta-
uon 10 ride cannot be resisted. There is
the additional reason that the American
citizen must perforee do everything in a
hurry. and. in keeping with this idea, the
business man rides to and from his en-
ployment-where in many cases he might
walk with benefit to himself In every way
OIL the same principle that he takes his
luncheon al the rush counter The feverish
haste in eating meals. coupled with the dis
inclination to take even moderate walking
exercise. is undoubtedly the cause of the
dyspepsia which generally affiicts the Amer
lean people and which produces the pasty
complexion seen almost universally in the
youth or today. How unfavorably these
compilations compare with the rosy cheeks
OF the young men and women of England,
who have yet to learn the dire results of
experimenting, and who have not yet
given up the walking habit.
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SMART FOXES.
''Spelled" Each Other and Fooled a
Pack of Hounds.

From the New York Times
I have a near neighbor who is a close
and intelligent observer of the ways of
wild animals and a truthful and reliable
man. He says that on one occasion he wit
messed fox chase in Maryland, standing
on one side of very high hill, while the
dogs and fox were across a deep guich
about half way up the side of another high
hill, for a good deal of the time in plain
view.
AS the chase proceeded he noticed a Sec
ond fox seated on a log and apparently in
terested in the outcome. After some time,
as the dogs were heard approaching, this
fox-ra down at right angles to the direc-
ton they were coming and met the running
fox and took his place ahead of the
hounds, while the tired animal sprang to
one side and trotted directly up the hill
and seated himself on the log for rest.
The fresh substitute then led the dogs a
lively chase for a long circuit and finally
the pack again were heard approaching
This time Fox No. l was fresh and ready
and ran down and met his fatigued brother
and put himself before the dogs while No.
went back to the log and took a breath
ing spell. This proceeding was kept up
for probably two hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-11
MYSTERIES OF RANK.
African Tribe Bases Precedence on
Avoirdupois.

From the Housekeeper.
An African explorer tells of tribe he
met whose members determined worldly
rank according TO avoirdupois. The heavi-
est savage was chief of the tribe. the next
latest was first lieutenant. and so on. AS
soon as a member gained In weight over the
neghbor next above him In rank he ad-
vanced one step in authority. Wealth. looks
personal popularity. capacity. were not TAX
en- into consideration when determining the
standing of members of the tribe.
II Is a pity our English cousins could not
adopt some such simple method of deter
mining rank for their present scheme is so
complicated that they themselves have diff
Guilty I'm understanding it. while to the
stranger within the gates it's technicalities
are absolutely bewildering. For instance
are told that at a recent public dinner
In London one hour was spent I'm arrang-
ing the diners in ante-prandial procession
according TO rank. The general rule pre-
scribes that the army and navy shall have
first place. then the law. the church. medi-
cine gentlemen not engaged In any pro-
fesson and. lastly. those In trade" In
the latttr class. however, ii appears that
wholesalers are considered more respect
able than retailers unless a retailer hap
pens to be a knight a baronet, which
sometimes occurs. when he takes prece-
dence over his business associates who are
mere commoners. But not even all law
yers, 1t seems, are gentlemen" The ques-
ton arose during recent case at law and
IL was decided that while "barristers" are
gentlemen, solicitors are not entitled
to that distinction. According to English
custom, young man who has just been
called to the bar is many steps higher in
the social scale than his father. who is a
millionaire wholesale grocer.
In addition to the few instances cited.
there are a whole host OF special exceptions
founded on birth. education and other con-
ditions that make the English scheme of So
cial precedence perplexing study for those
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Arthur, so much more. magnificent than
Dalny, so much larger. than Khabarovsk
and 1t possesses such an admirable harbor
that it is not surprising that the Russians
regard the town and it's surroundings as the
hub of Greater Russia in the east.
Picturesque Location.
The town is situated on the slopes of a
high ridge, forming a taperfng landing
which projects into an irregular land blocked
bay. The entrance istcemmahded by Rus
STA Island. where thertl is an Important fort.
and on the crests of tie landsfocked harbor,
stretching for miles 10 the eastward and
known as the Golden Horn there are other
continuous chain of earthwofks and defen-
sive positions. ~ az
The lofty hills of tie northwest protect
the port from the lana side and in the deep
water of the Golden Horn, which is four
miles mile long and half mile y width, ships
the reach of the weather. Clusters of SUBJ
urban residences areii ALTERED about the
hillside lts: even descending ins.places to the
Observation-Disclosures
The main street, sfetiahhekaya, named
after the .frigate upon which the Grand
Duke Alexis visited she. pert in 1873, fol-.
lows the curve fofithes Gelsie I'll ofn - Lying
between the street and ieYt shore, on rising
ground. are the RESIDENCES of the COM
HdHuallt OF the Iof.t the PUBIC gardens the
admiralty gardens; the museum of the Geo
graphical Society, the grounds of the Mari
time Club, the native bazaars and the
steamboat quay! "a '' -.' -
At one point there Is magnificent gran
lite monument su:monnted by bronze
globe, on which perches an eagle with out
stretched wings This monument comment
crates the memory of Admiral Nevelski
who made several voyages to the east in
the early sos.
Architectural Beauty.
The Svetlandskaya is crossed by the
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Warding OF Old Age.
From Good Bealth.

A famous French general, when asked
how 1t WIS that he had such an erect car
riage. replied that it was because he bent
over and touched the floor with his fingers
thirty times every day. If he had acquired
rightly of the spine so that he could not
do that, he would have had with II weak
abdominal muscles, which result In portal
congestion This portal congestion inter-
feres with stomach digestion and with the
action OF the liver. The poison destroying
power of the liver is lessened. autointoxica-
ton results and arteriosclerosis and old age
come on at much earlier day. But by
keeping the spine flexible and the abdomi-
nal muscles strong and taut. the portal cir
culation is kept free and old age is held Off
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Advance Of the Locomotive.
From Harper's Weekly

FROM Harpers Weekly.
Where are the forbidden cities of our
youth? Samarcand. which Arminius YAM
berry could only penetrate in disguise at the
risk Of his life, has become familiar as
household word. Khiva, the whilom in
violate. can be visited by any traveller who
can get his passport vised by the governor
general of Russian Turkestan. Herv, the
historic entrepot of an GASES once inacces-
sible. is now a Russian railway station.
Lhasa has been unveiled by the Younghus-
band expedition. Anybody can go by rail
from Joppa to Jerusalem. and the day is
not far distant when the iron horse will run
snortng past the tomb of Mohammed at
Medina, and land passengers within eye
shot of the Black Stone of Mecca The
Sultan Abdul Hamid, acting as commander
of the faithful by virtue of the title trans
mitted to him by the last Abbasds Caliph
has authorized and helped to finance the
construction of a railway from Damascus
to the holy cities of Islam. Already the
line has been pushed from the Oldest con-
tinuously inhabited city on earth SOUTH
ward through Syria to a point near Petra,
which was so long frontier fortress of the
Roman empire. which commands the road
from Asia to Egypt. and which is less than
a hundred miles distant from the Gulf of
Akabah. the most easterly of the two bays
which protrude like prongs from the head
of the Red sea. At the rate at which the
ROAD Is D6iuS not
only by the desire to facilitate pilgrimages,
but also by commercial and political con-
siderations, the day Is not far Off when
Cooks tourists. landing at Beirut. will be
able to dine at Damascus, and thence check
their luggage through to the birthplace of
the prophet. The poorest hadji will be able
to find accommodation in an emigrant car,
and train de luxe will be provided for the
multi-millionaire. Already. in imagination.
we can hear the station agents cry, "All
on board for Medina, Mecca and points
southf'
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NEGROES COLOR SOLVED
q. s. SURG. WooDRUFFs REASONS
IN BRITISH TREATISE.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
LONDON, April l. 1905.
Surgeon Major Charles Woodruff of the
United States army has solved the inter-
estfng puzzle, why is the negro black?"
The answer, roughly summarized. is that
his blackness is his defense against the
dangers of the sun. The entire question 10
treated by Major Woodruff in an exhaustive
treatise published by Messrs. Robman dim
iteD, under the title of THE Effects of
Tropical Light on White Men"
Sun rays are divided into two classes
long and short The latter are dangerous
to all persons who are not defended from
them; the former make for heat To avoid
these dangers the pure negro has evolved
a black skin and nocturnal habits
The defensive skin is an armor of pig
ment just under tie outer skin. 1t varies
In intensity of color from the coal black
negro of the tropics to the white man of
northern ATTITUDES.
Defensive Skin a Pigment
The pigment is always there-just sufn-
Client In strength to resist the danger in
different chimes. This accounts for the
varying colors of different races-black, red,
yellow, copper and white. 1t is only alb
sent In Albinos-a sign of degeneration, ex-
plains Major Woodruff
An extreme illustration of the danger of
rays - PToslueu Dy raQium. 1t is stated
that single pound of radium in a room
would Kill every one present by the blast
ing forces of its rays. The negros noe
turnal habits are rendered necessary by the
conversion of dangerous sun rays into
harmless but uncomfortable heat rays. This
Is how Major Woodruff states the facts of
the case in this respect:
Negro a Nocturnal Animal.
THE negro is really a nocturnal animal,
like the other black animals of the tropics.
Left to himself he behaves like the cat
inclined to sleep all day. hiding away
somewhere, and becomes lively, energetic
and active at night. In the southern states
the plantation negroes can be heard all
night long, prowling about, shouting. sing
ing. counting and chicken stealing.
Their dances. camp meetings and houses
hold habits are based on this nocturnal in
stinct to hide from the light even If they
are better protected than we."
The negro's natural armor is on,y ef
ficacious against natural heat When ex-
i posed to artificial heat in a dark atmos-
phere the black skin ceases to throw OF
heat and the negro suffers. In a stoke
hole, for instance he is usually the irsr
man to collapse. even when white men are
unaffected.
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Colossal Figures.

page to the stable and left these grooms
of the docks to clean up ready for their
next excursion.
Colossal Figures.
You get some idea of London's trade by
moving through the tall warehouses of the
docks. Consider a few figures. Thirty-six
thousand tons of tea are stored here in a
single year. In the vaults. with their twen-
ty-eight miles of gangway, can be stored
one hundred thousand pipes of wine. Two
hundred and fifty thousand tons of WOOL
worth f20,OO0,O0O, arrive annually at the
port of London. Twenty thousand tons of
tobacco are here in bond. valued at $1,000
600. There is accommodation in the cold
storage warehouses for S64, 900 sheep. Sixty
thousand pounds of ostrich feathers have
been stored here at one time and several
millions of bird skins arrive annually. too
numerous for computation. In addition
the London docks have accommod ton for
sugar, ivory. spices. bark. gums. metals.
marble, drugs, dates, pepper. rice, coffee,
cocoa, isinglass, COAL grain, furniture
wood timber, carpets, butter. cheese, poul-
try. even for sea-shells, sponges. musk
ambergr!s and beeswax! In single room
you may look at elephants tusks worth
nearly 100000
The gardens and the factories of the
world empty themselves into this lap of
London There is hardly a little island set
In the midst of the seas which does not
grow something or make something with
brown fingers to send into the cold, gray
port of London. AS you walk through the
warehouses your nostrilS are filled with
the scents of the earth-cinnamon nut
meg. musk vanilla, coffee, tea. tobacco
everything that once lived and drank the
air in green and beautiful gardens across
the seas. There at your feet lies the mat
ting torn from tea packa ges on which some
Chinaman set strange marks with brush
and ink; and there are the red-and-green
cases themselves. with the number and
weight cut in their sides by a scribing iron.
You look at even the nails In some strange
package of goods out 10 the east, and pic
ture to yourself theijdarie hands gripping
them while the hammer strack home All
the hands and all the feet of the east seem
to be going up and down the earth to keep
the larder of London fuff From San
Francisco comes <thelextraet of flowers for
London's scent sts -
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Aleutskaya, and the point at which these
two streets intersect is the commercial
center of the town. The main street is
well paved with granite and is efficiently
drained The sidewalks are raised and
asphalted. The houses are imposing and
lofty structures of brick
Such architectural beauty as Vladivostok
possesses-and that is much compared with
! the untidy wastes of Siberian towns-is due
to the cheapness of Chinese workmanship.
Chinese labor is responsible for the present
condition of the streets. for the construction
of the naval quays, while the Chinese artifi-
Ger is the most reliable workman in the
Vladivostok dockyard. The fortress pos
sesses one large dry dock, sectional float
ing dock near the eastern extremity of the
Golden Horn, and a supplementary dry
dock, which was in course of construction
when the war broke out.
The trade of Vladivostok is cemnreben-
siye- Its imports include most of the pro-
ducts OF the west while it's exports are
characteristic of its position, and quite local
as regards their destination.
Native Population.
The native population though very large,
iSls orderly and contented, but there is A
Very cosmopolitan population in VIadivos-
tok, made up from Adventures from all
cltmes-English, French. German and Amer
lean business men from the west and a
sprinkllng of women from San Francislco
Upon the whole, it is a motley, uninviting
community, from which the principles of
morals are strangely lacking. However,
the days speed merrily enough in Vladivos-
tok; there is little social gayety, and
although the place is a military and naval
center, there is little harShneSS of discipline
and much good feeling. In the hills around
the harbor there is good sport. The stranger
is welcomed so long as he exercises tact and
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RUSSIANS MAYLOSE| It
VladiVostok Threatened With
Fate of Port Arthur.
SOVEREIGN OF THE EAST
DESCRIPTION OF THE CHIEF CITY
OF EASTERN SIBERIA.
Prominently Fortress-Harbor Pro-
tected by Lofty Hills-Noted
Architectural Beauty.

Nladivostok. which means Sovereign Of
the East, the city beautiful. is now
threatened with the fate of Port Arthur.
Grim, silent battleships, huge hulks of
gray, ride in the harbor, while from the
land Kawamura' army of little brown
men, seasoned by the siege of Port Arthur,
and exulting in victory, are slowly but
surely encompassing the city.
Vladvostok is -eminen:ly a fortress
1t is also the chief town of east Siberia
in fact, it may be said to be the most i'm
portant seat of Russian influence in the
far east.
1t is SO much more formidable than Port
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Fresh Air and Sunshine.
From the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Within recent years people have learned
more of the efficacy of fresh air than
was ever known before Time was, and
not so long ago either, when sick rooms
were smut up so tight that they were in
effect Theoretically scaled and the un-
fortunate patients recovery was retarded
and sometimes made impossible because
OF his being compelled to breathe vitiated
atmosphere over and over again. The
gospel OF fresh air and sunshine now has
adherents everywhere. The; seeking of
the out-of- doors has become mania, and
tent life and sleeping on open porcles
are often prescribed, for pulmonary az
fections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-11
Jewsharp Attracts No Longer.

From the New York Tribune
There is another vanishing industry. The
Birmingham jewsharp industry is stated to
be in bad way. owing to the collapse of
the demand among savage peoples. The
advance of civiliza ton has been so thor
ough that nowadays in central Africa
nothing short of Wagner viii satisfy the
native souls.
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Capt. Cooks Home.
From the London Graphic b g

rom The london GrnphiG . z
In consequence OF The Necessity for in
creased accommodation, sGaptain Cooks
house, an ancient dwelling (which is situ-
ated in the eastern psftioMof Whitby and
which was the home of the famous circum-
navigator during hisryouRger days. has
been acquired by thepocal hospital commit
tee The house stands in ole of the oldest
parts OF the town and bears the date 1855
II IS stated that a certairf portion of the
building will be setsapareaas museum.
where 1t is hoped relics Of Captain Cook
will be collected.