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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25
CHINESE THRIFT.
Celestial Empire Poor Field For Ae-
cident Insurance.

eIdent Insurance.
"China would be poor field for
accident insurance companies" said
a man in the tea trade to a repre-
sentative of the New York Sun.
"The inhabitants would be only too
glad to get hurt in order to collect
their insurance.
up the river from Hongkong
here's a little settlement of Eng
lishmen. Just across the river is
a graveyard inhabited by a few
scrub birds of the snipe family.
They are very poor shooting, but
your Briton must have sport of
some kind, and shooting these birds
is the only sport in sight.
zone day an Englishman let drive
at snipe and hit Chinaman, who
had just bobbed out from behind a
tombstone. The charge of shot
struck the coolie in his wrist, put
ting his hand out of business.
"Of course the Chinaman made
roar. The Briton, wanting TO do
the square thing, offered 70 pay
the damage. The cody demanded
$40. The. Englishman generously
made it SIS.
"There was never any good hunt
ing in the graveyard after that.
Whenever an Englishman was seen
approaching, a Chinaman hid be-
hind every gravestone.
with marvellous cleverness they'd
manage to get in range just when
the Briton fired. If one of them
had the luck to get two or three
birdShot in his system he world
come out, roar and collect.
"Of course this drove away the
snipe, but the coolies took to catch
ing birds, tying them by the leg /,
gravestones and hidingJ themsclvc
in holes, from which they could 7 Sc
and get shot at the proper moment.
The Englishmen had to stop hunt
ing It was too expensive.
"0ne of the pleasant and refined
Chinese tortures is crushing the
ankle. There are coolies in Shang-
hal who keep standing offer to
submit to this torture for the bene-
fit of tourists at rate of S..
81 know of several cases where
this offer has been accepted. The
coolie submitted without howl and
smiled when he collected the
money"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25

ties what he has to say to his neigh
bors, using both fingers and lips SO
expertly as to express all the signals
that are required to make the con-
versation ineligible. A Kamerun
man uses a drum. The instrument
is rather peculiar, its surface being
divided into uneven halves, so that
when it is struck it yields two diff
ferent notes. With a code in char
acter not unlike the taps of the tele-
graphic system, the people make
this drum express every syllable of
their language. A Kamerun chief
tain can summon any one of his
subjects and at the same time init
mate the purpose for which he is re-
CURED by the mere use of the drum.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25

The Only Money He Ever Earned az q
Musician,

The following amusing incident
is related of the Duke Macmillan,
who was a great lover of the either,
a singularly plaintive instrument
and the national guitar of the Ger
man Alps. During the summer he
delighted in wandering over the
mountains in the garb of a common
hunter, armed with a rifle, and the
either hung around his shoulders.
During one of these excursions he
sat down on the trunk of tree and
awakened the echoes of the opposite
chain of hills. Concluding he was
alone, he reveled long in the sweet
sounds. When, however, he ceased
some peasants who had been his
secret auditors drew near to him,
and one addressed the duke in the
cordial way of the country, as fol-
lows: "Thou, indeed, canst play it
wonderfully; now come with us and
we will dance to thee in the inn
down there. We will pay for as
much beer as thou canst drink"
'Thank you," replied the duke,
81 am not thirsty, but / shall GER
tainly go with you," which he did,
and played for more than two hours
in "the inn down there"
The peasants and their lassies
were in ecstasies while dancing to
the tunes of their new friend. With
the poetical feeling native to the
mountaineers of the Alps, they sang,
jumped about and kept up a steady
demand Tor more tunes. The duke,
whose face beamed with JOY, at
length became weary and prepared
to leave.
"ThOu mayst 60" said one of the
peasants, "but not till thou hast
played the new dance composed by
Duke MaXipilian. 1t is the most ex-
Gu @:to piece Of music | ever heard.
Play it and I'll give thee "a kreut-
GERS"
The duke complied with tie re-
quest, took his kreutzers and then
departed, whe2 one of the peasants
made the following speech to his
fellows and their partners: 'My
dear comrades, permit me to tell you
that you are all asses. Every one of
you plumes himself on his knowl-
edge Of the either, and none of you
while hearing the best player in the
land recognized Duke Max. / did
at once"
The peasants, still more delighted
with the condescension of their il
lustrious friend, ran after him,
theakcd him and got the promise
that he would play for them once
more.
as 10 the "a kreutzers," the
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25
An Extraordinary Light.

What is believed to have been an
aurora of such extraordinary bril-
iancy as to obscure the sunlight is
thus described in an old number of
the Gentlemen's Magazine: On the
I'd of January, 1856, an unusual
light, far above the brightest day,
struck all beholders with amaze
ment. The time was 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, and it soon faded away.
At Z, however, from east to west,
streams appeared like rivers Of
bright fire. A general feeling of
alarm was caused by these, but they
gradually faded away to the north,
their disappearance being accompa-
MED by shocks which were felt by
all, but which did no particular
damage.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25
Private Drury.

NJ. Drury, an eminent French his
torian, served when sixty years old
during the siege of Paris as a pri-
vate in the national guard. One
day M. Jules Simon, member of
the administration, caught sight of
a familiar face belonging to one do
ing sentry in the uniform of a pri-
vate soldier. 'Is that you, Drlry ?"
he cried.
"Fo be sure" grufiy.
"And a privatel"
"Why not ?" said the other lacon-
ically. eve can't all be prime min
isters."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25
Tanning.

Outside of Spain and the orient
tanning is not graceful art, but
a manual labor. 1t is not soothing,
but heating. The only persons to
whom tanning is a real relief are
those who follow the oriental fash
ion and wave their generous palm
leaves with the same sang froid with
which Cleopatra's slaves on her
immortal barge swung theirs to
and fro. Fans are as old as
history, and the ancient Egyptians
well knew their use, but it is
not possible to imagine those state
ly queens of ancient days permitting
in their presence anything so vigor-
ouSly undignifed as the modern
method of tanning.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25
Turning the Tables.

Clergyman Ito his wife, returning
very late from gossiping partly
Whatever made you stay out SO
dreadfully late, wiley?
Wife-Oh, l did not wish to dis
turb you in the preparation of your
sermon.
Clergyman's Wife (ready for the
fray on Monday night, to her hus-
band, returning very late from his
club)-Whatever made you stay out
so dreadfully late, hubby?
Clergyman-Well, you see, dear
est, didn't want to disturb you in
the preparation of your curtain lee
ture,-Fliegende Batter.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25
Two Able Liars.

Two amateur hunters in the
northern woods once saw a deer, and
both fred at once. "That is my
deer" said A. 81 shot it. "No, you
did not" holly replied B. at is my
deer, because ! killed it," A third
party was approaching from the OPP
posite direction with fury in his
eve and club in his hand. (Which
of YOU two rascals shot my calf|
roared the farmer. "That fellow B.
lust now told me he did it," said A.
And b., now thoroughly alarmed for
his personal safety, answered; "He
lies. He shot it himself. ] saw him
do it, and I'll swear to it."-Liver-
pool Mercury.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25
The Lifetime of q Bell.

Comparatively few people know
that ringing bell ruins it. That is,
hell has a definite length of life,
and after so many blows will break.
a 900 podnd bell, struck blows Of
rs foo. pound Of force, broke after
1000 blows. 4 1000 Pound 1ol
bro.c Ter $4,000 bows of $50 foe
pounds force \ steel composition
bell weighing 1000 pounds broke
after twcn,v-four blows Of l50 foot
,op"ds. be. rs makers said IL WINS
c"'""'o'cd for a lighter hlow.-Ey.
ei.-. -.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25
II Made All the Difference.

An excited individual ran up to
a porter at railway station and
asked, "Have you seen a parcel I
left on this seat?" The porter re-
piled that he had not. ooh, what
shall | do?" exclaimed the excited
passenger. 'It contains three poems
l have writtenp' "Can't you write
them again ?" asked the unsympa-
thetic porter. eyes, l can do that,
but" hesitatingly, "there were two
sandwiches in the parcel as WE'LL
Christian World.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25

There are some trials which be-
set one at an early age. Bobby, Wis
ting his grandmother, suffered one
of them.
"Did you have a good time ?"
asked Bobby's mother. The small
son hesitated before he answered.
"Not so very" he said sadly.
"You see, grandmother kept telling
me to eat all the dinner | wanted,
and / couldn'tw
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25
d grearer or Tess extent. VERY often

d greater or less extent. Very often
bacon is hurriedly cooked in a very
hot frying pan over a bright fire,
and more or less scorched fat is an
almost inevitable result. When
broiled or cooked in the oven there
is less danger of scorching, but un-
der all circumstances great care
should be taken to avoid too hot a
fre.-National Provisioner.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25
Two Strange Languages.

Among the queerest languages
used by humankind throughout the
world are those of the Gomeros, in
habitants Of one of the Canary
group of islands, and the Kameruns
Of west Africa. The Gomero wills.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-25
Millinery.

beautiful line of the Seasons
Millinery, made in our own Work
Room, under our personal supervision.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-03
A GENERAL STRIKE
IN ST. PETERSBURG,

81 Petersburg. Aug "A general
strike has been formally ordered 90 b.
gln in St Petersburg tom0rrog At noon
ard - a preliminary the men employed
In a doben establishments IN the Nasili
Ostr0y and Niborsky quarters and On the
Moscow quarter, beyond the Narva gate
went out az noon today. The final DE-
cisi0n was not reached without a strong
fght On the workmen's council three dei-
egates standing out 20 the end against
nine. The failure % the strike Il predict.
ed. since the Workmen generally are rot
prepared The plan IL 10 begin the strike
here tomorrow and az Moscow On Norday
and gradually 20 extend IL through ,he em-
pire untn everything. Including the rail-
roads and telegraph. are a. complete
standsuN
A section oi the street railways. inclus.
ine ne Nevsky Prospect line stopped run
mig this afternoon.
TIRE roilcs fis morning arrested hal,
dozen members - the Nofkmen's council
who we're elected 70 direct the renrrsi
strike and they also captured several
rrenihsrs ~ the military COMMITTEES
The signal 20 STRIFE has tetn forpHrfe4
20 % different nrolttarlst organization
ffrarrhorif fhe emrlfe
The strike hero has slrcadr sner,et Is
400 men. Including the employees Of ths
electric lighting planA
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-03
lsthmian Canal Commission
Passes a Resolution 10
That Effect.
TRUSTS FORCED THE ISSUE.
I'm the Canal Zone Increased Price of
Provisions over 100 Per
Cent.

Washington. Aug 3 - Provisions
trusts and combinations IN the 18th
milan canal zone succeeded IN increas-
Ing the price OF meats. vegetables and
fruits, more than 100 per cent. and
forced the isthmian canal commission
10 pass a resolution at a recent meeting
enabling rs agents to buy supplies In
the open market and without adyertls-
Ing for bids.
Members Of the commission say they
discovered that all the dealers IN pro-
visions who had sufficient capital 10
furnish the bond required Of bidders on
supplies had pooled their interests and
coruered the contracts Tor all yegets-
bles meats and fruits required for the
commission hotels and messes. The
combination was in position ia de-
msnd prohibitlve prices and the COM
mission was forced 10 change It's meth
DDS and enable small dealers and pro-
ducers 10 compete Tor the business.
As a safeguard the commission reso-
luton provides that not more than $500
worth Of supplies Is % be bought d2y
IN open market without asking for bids.
This limits the purchases IN open mar
ket 10 perishable provisions
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-03
WRIT TO MUTUAL LIFE.

New York. Aug. 3--An order a..
rectlng the Mutual Life Insurance
company 10 show cause why a writ
~ mandamus should not be issued
demanding II 10 file correct list OF
IT'S p0licyholders. was issued today by
Justice Giagerich In the supreme
court The order was issued upon
application Of Col A. VI. Shook
Should the attorneys Tor the ice
men appeal from Judge Bahcock 90
the circuit court. which they are
likely 10 do. that court will either
send the cases back for re.hearlng
IN common pleas court. or By declar-
Ing there IL no error. cut Of the last
hope u the icemen TO escape i'm
prlsonment
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-03
ICEMEN LOSE AGAIN.

Toledo, o., Aug. 3-Judge Babcock,
IN common pleas court. today handed
down his decision IN the fee cases. sus-
tanning Judge Kinkshe in every partic-
usr, and generating him OF having
made any promise or suggestion ~ lem
iency as claimed by the attorneys for
the ice rrust.
Were Il not for the fact that the lo>-
mems attorneys succeeded IN getting In
10 the circuit court on error the de-
PENDANTS would az once have 10 20 to
the workhouse. Technically. their
cases are yet pending IN the upper
court. although Judge Babcccks de-
clSion removes the case entirely from
the circuit court The court. however
is adjourned ufiir the middle Of Sep
TENDER, and sentences are suspended
until the court meets and decides n has
nothing further 20 do with the cases.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-03
HONOR FOR UTAH BOYS.
Two ~ Them Gain Distinction In Uni
vcrslty Of Michigan.

Two more u Utahs sons have gained
distinction 10 the east as university stu.
dents. They are C. A. lversou Of Man.
q and Clarence Snow, formerly Of the
Logan A. e.. The former Il studying
law and the latter viii b. home be-.
fore Ions as a full fedgei NJ. H.
The young men have been attending
the University of Michigan a little
over d year and yet they have gained
honors over graduates
Recently, Mr.. Iverson was elected
editor OF the Michigan Law Review.
For great many years this position
has gone 90 graduates only. but the
ability and popularity o. young liver
son won him the distinction a few DAYS
ago.
Mr. Snow. who is a brother ~ Ashby
Snow % this city. has been elected 10
two responsible positions IN the meil-
cal department Of the institution since
he began MS studies there
\ short time age he VAS chosen as
sistant 90 Or. Wsrthln IN pathology.
In q class Of lSo. young snow was frst.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-03
SAN FRANCISCO HOMES.
Chairman Magee Announces Plan for
Their Building.

San Francisco. Aug S-Thomas Ma
gee, chairman OF the lands aud build
ings committee of the San Francisco
relief and Red Cross funds corporation.
has, with the formal sanction Of the lat
ter announced what his committee in
tends 10 90 toward building homes FOR
san Franclscoans who we're burned out
or Advancing them cash for that pur-
pose. Bis announcement involves four
distinct propositions aggregating So
100000. one sets aside $4,000 10 be
used IN sums Of $500. the latter being
the amount to be given to the owner OF
a lot - bonus toward paying for
a new home
The sum Of $4,000 is to be used 10
build cottages, two story dwellings and
fats. These are To be sold on the in
stallment plan. on easy terms.
The third proposition Is 10 spend
100000 for a home for AGED and inhrm
people on the almshonse tract.
The fourth proposition involves the
use ~ 100000 IN loans 20 owners or
tenants for building purposes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-03
Sailors Expected 10 Receive Sup
port OF the Garrison at Fort.
reSS Of Reyel.
CAPTAIN HAD BEEN WARNED.
Oficers Crowded Into u Launch and
Made for Shore Past a.
Possible.

St. Petersburg. Aug. 3-The accounts
received here 81 the mutiny on the ar
mored cruiser Pany az Azoya on Aug.
shows that the sailors expected 10 OBJ
tain the support Of re garrison Of tho
fortress At Revel A student sgitator.
probably one of the emlssarles sent
from st. Petersburg. was slowed away
on board.
when the crew mutinied. after mid
night Wednesday. the cruiser vas an
ehored 20 miles down the coast. Evil
IDENTITY her commander. Capt. soSinsky.
had been warned. for ne arrested and
sent ashore a sailor named Tarosoff.
who was regarded as the ringleader
TWO hours afterward the sailors rose
and Killed Capt Soborovsky. the officer
on watch. When he saw the mutineers
approaching, Saborovsky made a rush
Tor the carbine rack. but the sailors
had damned the breech blocks OF the
csrbines, and capt Saborovsky was
shot The firing aroused the officers
below, who ran up on deck. and. taxi
ine IN tho situation. crowded into q
launch moored alongside the Pany at
Azoya, and started for the shore. The
mutineers manned q cutter and put OF
IN pursuit " the launch. Three Off
GERS were killed by a shell from the
cruiser and others were wounded.
The murneers in the cutter we're
rapidly overhaulIng the launch when.
on reaching shallow water. the sur
Nving officers jumped into the bay and
made for the shore An attempt was
made by the fugitive officers 10 drag
along with them one Of their wounded
comrades but he was eventually
abandoned and drowned Eight Off
GERS escaped into the woods.
Later the mutlneers hove UP the an.
Choir and headed the cruiser for Reyel.
Her conSort q t0rpedoboat. followed
under fire from the Pamy az Azova. but
was not hit. as she succeeded IN keep
ing out Of range
on arriving at Revel some Of the mu-
tineers put OF IN a boat for the fort-
ress In order 20 request the artillery
men 10 join them, but tho authorities
had ~ the meantime been appraised
of what had happened ana the mutt
neers were arrested as they landed.
This being seen from the cruiser. the
main portion Of the crew who In the
meantime seem 20 have remained nu-
tral. suddenly turned on the mutineers.
overpowered them. replaced the red flag
al the masthead with white rag and
sent word Ashore that the mutneers
we're confined below decks. whercupon
the governor general sent on soldiers
IN boats and the mutineers were taken
ashore
ST. Petersburg Aug. z. p. ma coli
lision between workmeu ana troops.
during which shots were exchanged Is
reported TO have occurred IN the Narya
suburb
Other disorders are said 10 have TAX
en- place in the Nibors section Of this
city.
All The stations Of the Finnish railway
between ST. Petersburg and Vihorg as
well az the entire length Of the coast
which the line skirts. have been occu.
pied by troops
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-03
FIRST TEST OF THE
ILLINOIS PRIMARY LAW.

,hicaro AUG 7-The hrst test q the
HeW lIuuOls primary law. passed al O.
special session 81 the legislature this year
enabling voters 20 name party nominees
will be- given tomorrow alter one II he
llveliest primary campaigns ever wagel
in this state Every voter in three par
ties Republican. Democratic and Socialist
will hc called upon 20 vote directly fof
candidates Tor office and delegates o. the
conventions rfuhibiiionisis viii not par.
ticlpate ln t0u0rf0w's election, the voters
o. that party having made their statg
and county nominations under the Old
law prior 10 July ], when the new law
went into effect.
Candidates 90 be voted upoh are rep.
rcseutatives in Congress. members ~ the
legislature. state treasurer and supefin-
tendent o. public Instruction Delegates
will BE- elected 10 the state congressional.
legislative county sanitary district and
municipal conventions.
The vote tomorrow will also establish
party sentiment on United states senator
The Democratic party has no candidate
Tor United states senator.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-03
SociaIistic "Red Guard Fails in
Effort 10 Bring About a Gen.
eraI Strike.
UNDER MILITARY DISCIPLINE.
Government Cautious IN Handling Sit
uation. Fearing Movement May
Spread over Country.

Helshgfors. Aug 3.-sveaborg fort
ress Is completely in the hands Of the
government this morning. The prison.
ers have been marched out and sent 10
Skatudden island. where they will await
trial.
The socialisuc Red Guard" yestsT-
DAY evening made a last efiort to bring
about a general strike. They marched
in force TO the poNerhouse Of the street
railroad and ordered the men 20 strike.
Upon their refusal the guards attempt
g 10 destroy the buildings Police and
communal guards we're summoned and
night followed. resulting In The kill
ing NJ an assistant chief Of police and
several communal guards and num-
Der Of the Red Guard. Cossacks were
summoned and separated the combat
ants.
The Red Guard consists of the
greater part ~ the Finnish proletarist,
while the communal guards are made
up 81 the moderate aud wealthy classes
and are organized TO maintain order
and protect property, They are aymed
With rifles and are under almost mill
tary discipline.
The government IL handling the sit
uation carefully. fearing that the
movement may spread throughout the
country. The Cossacks are used only IN
extreme cases and then they disperse
crowds with more gentlenoss than they
do IN Russia.
II trausplres that the sharp Airing
heard from Syeaborg between and
5 O'Clock yesterday morning came from
the infantry achievements dispatched
there for the purpose Of constructing
pOntoon bridges from island TO island
IN order 10 wrest the foriifcatlons from
the mutlneers. The troops we're sup
ported BY a canuonade from the fort
ress on SaBdhamm island. The attempt
was successful and the government nag
vas holsted AZ noon. showing that the
Syeaborg fortress was IN the hands OF
the loyalists.
Some 1900 endorsements OF troops
have now arrived M Helsingfors
During the night the telegraph lines
were cut severiug communication
with NiborE. and a small railroad
bridge between here and Niborg was
blown up The bridge was subse.
quently repaired
Trains from 81 Petersburg are arriy.
ing here after great delsy one ~ the
railway bridges has again been blown
up WITH dynamite, bat Il was soon re-
paired
The casualties az SyeabOrE were
many but 800 Is undoubtedly an ex-
oggerated number
The officers wives showed untiring
devotion az nurses The wounded
mutinecrs suffered considerably ms
they were lll-provided with medical
supplies
\ messenger who came from Svea-
borg fortress during the DAY. said that
The casualties would be shown 10
number many more than 500. express
Ing the opinion that the totals would
run into thousands The garrison
consisted OF 5000 men
The leader OF the Red Guard"
capt Koch has been arrested. 4
number OF vorkmen ave on strike and
the street cars are not running. but
there have been no disturbances to-
dav