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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
WEATHER MAKES US GREAT.
Ever Changing Atmospheric Condl-
tions Produce Fine Americans.

New York.-The American people
owe their indomitable spirit OF enter
prise to the ever-changing atmospheric
conditions of the United States, ac-
cording to Willis L. Moore, director Of
the weather bureau at Washington,
who made this assertion In the course
of lecture on Storms and Weather
FOrecasting" at Columbia university.
Mr.. Moore said that Mark Twain's
conception of New England weather
was not so erroneous as some people
imagined, and that it was the con-
slant struggle against these shifting
weather conditions that has been re-
sponsible for the wonderful crop Of in
tellectual men that has come from this
region
All the storms of the country seem
TO converge on the New England
coast, said Mr.. Moore, and the north
west winds that prevail bring down
the invigorating fresh air for both the
physical and mental man. They may
be said to provide the backbone for
the American nation"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

opium traffic and abolition of opium
smoking, now SO nearly accomplished.
The congress which has been holding
its sessions in Shanghai, under the
presidency Of the heroic Episcopal
bishop of the Philippines, the Right
Rev. Charles II. Brent, has brought
out many startling facts as to the
prevalence of the evil among millions
Of people and its degrading results.
The Chinese imperial decree declared
that the habit of hitting the pipe"
had pauperized to a greater or less
degree from 80 to 40 per cent of the
population of the empire. From a com
mercial and Industrial as well as
moral standpoint the subject has
therefore assumed extraordinary i'm
portance. The fact that opium smok-
ing has been on the increase In the
United States gives especial interest
to the, recent action of congress in pro-
hibiting importation of the drug.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
Rare Species of Fish.

There is at present an interesting
exhibit in No. 6 tank at the Brighton
aquarium, says the London Globe. II
is something like a dogfish, only much
larger, while in the matter of sheer
ugliness it stands unrivaled. It's tech
nical name is the topper shark. 1t is
six feet long, and weighs from so to 90
pounds, while its mouth looks large
enough to take an elephant single
handed. The shark came into the
possession of the aquarium in rather
a curious manner. A man named
Lane OF Brighton was fishing some
two miles off the Palace pier with E
long line, when he felt a vicious tug
at his hook. He quickly hauled in
his slack" and then the topper came tc
light. Mr.. Lane at once hurried
ashore and placed the topper In his
new home.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

His Work In Connection With the
Ant;-opium Fight In China.

The Rev. e. w. Thwing. secretary
for China of the international reform
bureau, has been an influential factor
in the work accomplished by the anti
opium congress which met ct Shanghai
at the call Of President Roosevelt.
Twelve nations participated in this
congress, and much was done by the
international reform bureau prior to
its meeting to prepare the way for ac-
ton by it looking toward abolition OF
the opium curse Mr.. Thwing was
sent to Shanghai by the bureau in 1908
to act as Chinese secretary and in that
capacity to aid in the suppression of
the opium traffic in the Chinese empire
and the Philippines and to prevent
substitution Of other evil habits for
that of opium smoking.
No recent reforms are worthy to
be compared in point of widespread
effect with those of suppression of the
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
ADVANCE IN SCIENCE
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION PAYS
$63s,3oo FOR YEARS WORK.
Important Astronomical Discoveries
Are Mentioned Among the Results
OF 1903 in Research Conduct
ed in Many Fields.

Observation-Disclosures progress has
marked its researches carried on liz
almost every field by the Carnegie In
stitution of Washington during the
year just closed, according to the sew
enth year book of that institution,
just Issued. Nearly 500 persons are
engaged In conducting scientific re-
search, for which s636,300 has been
appropriated for this year
Plans for a specially designed ship.
to be called the Carnegie, to be built
in Brooklyn and to be used for mag
netic survey work in the Atlantic
ocean, have been completed. A tenn
porary observatory for measuring
positions of fixed stars of the south
ern hemisphere is being built at San
Luis. Argentina.
At the end of the fiscal year, Oc-
tober 81, 1908, 120 volumes of re-
searches in 10 different fields of re-
search, with an aggregate of more
than 10000 pages. had been published,
and 81 volumes of researches Were in
press. In addition to these publica-
lions issued by the Institution, about
1000 shorter papers have been pub
lished in the current journals of the
world by departmental investigators.
by associates and by assistants.
The total amount of funds appro-
priated for expenditure to November
l. 1908, was $3.6S3,S40 which included
S293. 928.37 reverted and after reap
propriated. The total amount ex-
pended was $3,359,236.17.
During the last year, the nutrition
laboratory in Boston has been
equipped, and systematic investiga-
tons are already in progress. The
construction of a building in Wash
ington at the southeast corner of Six
teenth and P streets northwest was
begun year ago. This building is
for administrative Offices and the
storage of records and publications.
and when completed will have cost
about 100000
Work in the other departments OF
the institution has progressed rapidly
and successfully. The investigations
Of DIR. G.. e. Hale, director of the solar
observatory on Mount Wilson, Cal,
are of great interest During the
year. with the aid Of his exceptional
equipment, certain discoveries with
regard to sunspots have been made
which will probably prove of as great
importance to terrestrial and molecular
physics as of solar physics. The
progress inaugurated may be conf
IDENTIFY expected to lead rapidly to
definite and important results.
Under the direction of the depart
ment Of historical research work upon
manuscript materials for American
history has been pursued in France,
Italy and England, and next year Will
be extended to Germany. Many re-
markable experiments and investiga-
lions are in progress under the de-
partment of botanical research at the
desert laboratory at Tucson, Ariz.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

Young Turks party. They have long
distrusted the grand yizier, who,
though he has fought and suffered for
the constitutional principle, did not
move quite fast enough for them. He
had shown favor to the other and more
conservative branch of the reform par
ty, the Liberal Union. The Young
Turks party calls itself the committee
of union and progress. Kiamil Pasha
suspected the committee of conspiring
TO overthrow the sultan and establish
military dictatorship under Prince
Yussef Izz-ed-Din, eldest son of the
late sultan To counteract or fOrestall
it he caused changes IN the ministry,
which brought on tempest In the
parliament and led to his being de-
nounced by the Young Turks as a re-
dictionary. He resigned, and the sultan
charged Hilmi Pasha with the forma-
tionTof a new cabinet.
Ahmed Ria is regarded as the OIL
cial leader of the party now in control
in the government He was born in
COnstantinople and in early life devet-
ed himself to the education of his
countrymen along liberal and pro-
gresSive lines. This got him into trou-
bic with the government, and he fed
to Paris, where for twenty years he
edited the Mechverel, devoted to po-
litical reform among his countrymen.
He returned to Constantinople, but did
not remain long. and for some years
continued in Paris and other European
cities his efforts in behalf of reform
movements. The success of these move
ments resulted in his return home. q
On assuming Office as president Of
the chamber Of deputies he expressed
the hope that the new parliament
would avoid mistakes and address it.
self chiefly to reform of the finances.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08


posts, poles, mine timbers, etc. The
per capita consumption of lumber II
the United States was 215 board fee
in 1850; now it is 40 board feet.
One forest region after another ha.
been attacked. With the exception o.
Maine, the New England states are
cutting mostly second or third growth
timber The box factories there take
white pine saplings down to six inch
es In diameter. The so-called "inex
haustible" white pine forests of Mich
gan are gone, and millions of acre:
OF cut-over and burned-over land have
gone upon the delinquent tax list
Michigan supplied % per cent. of the
lumber production of the United
States in 1880, and less than five pei
cent of 1t in 1907.
The value of the lumber production
in Michigan since 1S49 has been 81
per cent. greater than the output Of
gold in California, and it has all taker
place without a thought for the flu
ture. The cream of our hardwood:
is gone, and it is becoming more anC
more difficult to get in sufficient
quantity the high grades of oak, vel
low poplar, ash and hickory that oul
great manufacturing industries re
quire. The south's once great supply
of yellow pine is rapidly giving way
before the ak and saw, fire and tor
nado. Half a generation more will
in most places, see little but remnants
left of the southern forests, and il
that time the Pacific coast supplies
will be heavily drawn upon.
Ours is primarily a wood-using civi
lizatiOn. Despite the introduction OF
substitutes for wood in the form OF
stone, cement, concrete and steel, oul
consumption of timber has constantly
increased from the earliest days uI
to the present time The prices OF
forest products have risen more rapid
ly than those of other commodities
According to the reports of the bu
reau of labor, the quoted prices of the
leading kinds of lumber on the New
York market have risen twice as much
in the last ten years as the average
Increase in all commodities. This in
dicates that the supply of timber is
not keeping pace with the demand.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
kalser,s Pet pous Well Cared For


One of the sights of Potsdam is the
kaiser's, kennels, where his majesty's
pet dogs are kept His favorites are
four brown dachshunds-Hex Dachs
Bella and Liesel. They are always trot
ting about the emperors heels in his
moments of relaxation, and not infre
Quently accompany him when travel
ing. An interesting kennel is kept al
the Mon Bijou palace. in Berlin. It is
massive and has a roomy playground
in front Its doors and windows are
framed thick with Ivy. There are 9
kitchen and cellar, and the whole con.
Germ is heated by hot water. In the
kitchen rice and meat are daily cooked
for the dogs. In a large room there
is bath, and the walls are decorated
with pictures of the present and for.
mer inmates of the kennel.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
Merthbound.
TRAIN SCHEDULE.

No. 34-Atlanta- Cincinnati Unite
5 :06 a. m.
No. 10-Stanford-MaysviIl loca
connecting at Paris for Cincinnati
z % a. M.
No. 38-Knoxville- Cincinnati 10
cal, arrives 2:5O; departs 2 :53 p. m.
No. 32-Jacksonville- Cincinnati
limited, 5 As p. m.
An of these trains will stop at Win
chester; also are all daily, except
Nos y and 10, which are daily, ex-
cept Sunday.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
WRECKS HOUSE TO SAVE TREE.
Mrs. Russell Sage Heeds Request of
Women's Improvement Society.

New York.-In order to save one
large shade tree Mrs. Russell Sage IS
sacrificing a large fine house In Sag
Harbor, L. l., much to the qualification
OF the residents. Mrs. Sage bought
the old Seaman property for $4,000
in order to build a public library upon
the site In honor of her grandparents
Col. and Mrs. John Jermain. The
house was to be removed, but a few
days ago it was discovered that it
could not pass between the two hand
some shade trees. The Woman's Viii
lage Improvement society called Mrs
Sage's attention to the fact that one
tree would have 40 be cut down If the
house were moved. Her response was
prompt and characteristic: I ear down
the house and move it In pieces"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

warships, long routes are taken in the
cruise from port to port. The sailor
lads of the American battleship fleet
did not have much opportunity to grow
lazy, however, or to get fabby muscles
for lack of exercise, as there were fire.
quent drills and other features Of
naval discipline. The officers sought
to keep both men and ships In the best
possible lighting condition throughout
the cruise, and had the big force un-
der Rear Admiral Sperry met an enc
my on the homeward trip across the
Atlantic instead Of the friendly fleet
unde- command of Rear Admiral Ar
mold. (which went to sea to escort them
to Hampton Roads, the warships and
the men behind the guns could have
given the hostile vessels all they want
ed.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
/ FARMER Raises 5s-Pound rurkev.

Morocco, Ind.-Thomas Cantrell, q
farmer living north of this city, claims
the honor of having raised the largest
turkey tgobbler ever. seen in this coun-
ty. The gobbler weighed Sc POUNDS
when Mr.. Cantre.l sold. it and it was
little more than a year old. He sold
several fgobblers that ranged in weight
from thirty to forty-1se pounds.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

under the new
con S t tuition,
headed by the
grand viZier,
kiamil Pa ha.
The chamber Of
deputies directed
its president, All
med Ria, to re-
quest the sultan
to appoint in
place of Kiamil
Pasha a prime
minister possess
ing the conf
denee of the
chamber. This
was an over
whelming vic
tory for the
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
The FOLLOWING CONNECTIONS
ARE MADE DAILY Ex-
CEPT SUNDAY.

L. & E. Junction-Trains Nos. 1,
and 3. will make connection with the
c. & o. Ry. for Mt. Sterlir g.
Campton Junction-TraIis Nos. /,
?, 3 and 4, will connect with the
Mountain Central Ry. for passengers
to and from Campton, KY.
Beattyville Junction-Trains Nos
and 4 will connection with the L. &
A. Railway for Beattyville, Ky.
0. & K. Junction-Trains Nos.
and will connect with the 9. & K.
Railway for Camel City, KY, and
way stations.
w. A. MCDOWELL, Gen'l Mgr.
CHAS. SCOTT. G. P. A lift.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
Westbound.
Southbound.

No. 37-Cincinnati- Knoxville To-
al, 1000 a. m.
No. 33-Cincinnati-Jacksonyill
limited, 1857 a. m.
No. 9-Maysville- stamford local,
with Cincinnati Connection at Paris,
arrives at 6 80: departs at 6 :35 p. m.
No. Observation-Disclosures Unite
1923 d. m.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
KENTUCKY FAIRS, 1909.
Clark County August ard. q DAYS.

Scott county, July 9th, 4 days.
Blue Grass, Lexington, August 9th,
6 days.
Rockcastle county, August Is, 3
days.
Bourbon county, September 9TH,
. days.
State Fair, Louisville, September
18th, 6 days.
Lincoln county, July 81, 8 days
Spencer county, August 10, 4 days.
Mercer county, August II, 3 days.
Knox county, August Ts, 3 days.
Ewing, KY, August 10, 3 days.
Shelby county August "a, days
Laurel county, August "a, 4 days
Boone county, August %, 4 days
If secretaries Of fairs will kindly
furnish dates, we will carry them
free of charge.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
AHMED RIA.
The Leader of the Young Turks Party
In the SuItan's Domain.

The Developments |in the direction
of self government among the Turks
naturally excite interest and attention
In the United States, which IS the
country standing foremost in the eyes
Of the world as the champion OF free
dom and popular government. The
assembling Of the first Turkish parlia-
ment was followed not long afterward.
as might perhaps have been expected,
by the fall OF the first ministry formed
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
SHOE ECONOMY.

We are for shoe economy, new
and old. Let us fit the old ones
now and have your measure TAX
en- for the future also.
SAMPLE SHOE STORE.
"a N. Main Sc
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
Americans own Indian Mica Mine.

An American company is success
fully operating mica mine near Ko
darma, India, on the East India rail
way, about $50 miles from Calcutta
Several hundred hands are employed
under practical American mica man
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

Charged at Willesden. England, with
begging. homeless man said he has
been out of work for a long time aDf
had lived chiefly on acorns.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

A pleasant surprise awaited the COM
mander of the battleship Minnesota,
Captain ]. L. Hubbard, when the fleet
under Admiral Sperry, including the
warship named, came to anchor in
Hampton Roads amid the booming Of
presidential salute. In honor of the
good record made by the vessel on the
globe circling cruise the people of
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

1''4N NJ TUFTS result of his court
martial and sentence for intoxication
while in the Mediterranean. The of
ficer who succeeds Captain Qualtrough
In command of this battleship, Templin
Norris Potts. receives special com
pliment In being placed in this post, as
there were a number of excellent Of
ficers of commanders rank who might
have been chosen for 1t. He is a ma
tive of the District Of Columbia and
entered the navy in June, 1872. He
reached the grade of commander In
1904. Captain Potts has seen seven
teen years of sea duty and was in the
Santiago campaign during the Spanish
war. He figured in the Sampson
Schley inquiry subsequently as one of
the witnesses concerning the points in
controversy at that time.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
be Fleets
/ Return
! p !.
) Incidents of the Welcome

~ NE OF the few
~ regrettable in
cidents In con-
nection with the re-
turn of the great
battleship feet and
its welcome home
at Hampton Roads
was the arrival Of
the Georgia with her
former commander,
Edward S. Quail
trough, restricted
to his quarters as
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
CAPTAIN HUBBARD AND THE MINNEsorA's
PUNCH BOWL.

Minnesota, through their legislature,
expended $4,000 for splendid silver
service to be presented the ship on its
return home. 1t is said to be the finest
ever given an American fighting yes
sci. The presentation was one of the
many pleasant incidents in connection
with the fleets Homecoming.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

The cruise Of the battleship fleet af-
forded ar extended opportunity for
trying out the several new devices for
communication at sea between ships
The methods include the semaphore
the submarine signal bell, the wireless
telegraph and the radio-telephone,
which is also operated without wires
Each of these has proved successful
from various viewpoints.
The semaphore Is operated by ap-
prentice boys during the day, and at
night electrically lighted arms have
proved an excellent substitute. This
method of communication has largely
superseded the ''wigwag' system,
which is now used rarely, except with
a white flag for unofficial business.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

In a voyage around the world there
are many times when life at sea grows
to be a bit monotonous. especially
when. as In the case of the American
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

Eastbound.

Eastbound.
No. 26, Daily Elk Sun. =. s:42 a. m.
No. %, Daily :. 49,. .11:57 a. m.
No. %, Daily Elk. Sunday $50 p. m.
No. "A, Daily -. ..... 9:25 p. m
Westbound.
No. q, Daily Elk. Sunday 6:22 a. m
No. 81, Daily 80. -. :. s:O3 a. m.
No. 25, Daily Elk. Sunday 2:50 p. m
No. %, Daily -. :. -. 4:3s p. m
LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-09

When the Togo Kisen Kaisha liner
passes through here on her way to the
Orient on the next trip, she will carry
not few people away from Honolulu,
who have been staying here for some
time past. E. Aldrich and wife, after
spending the past six months in the
Islands, leave for a trip around the
world, The following clipping is of in
terest:
The Togo Kisen Kaisha has decided
to issue newspapers giving messages
received by wireless telegraphy on
board the Tenyo Maru, Chiyo Maru and
the Nippon Maru during their voyages
off the japanese coast, to accommodate
the passengers. This enterprise was
to be started with the Chiyo Maru.
which left Yokohama for San Fran
cisco on the afternoon of the 18th. AS
japanese wireless stations may be COM
municated with by vessels within 1900
or 1900 miles, the passengers by these
T. Il. K. liners will be able to obtain
news from land for at least five days
after their departure from Yokohama
for San Francisco, and on homeward
voyages they will be informed of events
at home for three days previous to
their arrival in Yokohama.
1t may be remembered that when
the first wireless room on any Japanese
steamer was established on the L. &.
K. S. s. Tenyo-maru in May, 1908, a
similar enterprise was carried out by
the steamship company during her voy-
age from Yokohama to Hongkong, but
no wireless message was obtainable
from the Ohoshi station at that time,
and the paper only published news OBJ
tanned on board the steamer itself.
Since then the T. K. K. lines to and
from San Francisco hav been publish
ing for their passengers wireless mes
sages received from a Honolulu paper.
The I. K. K. has now arranged for its
vessels to receive wireless news from
Japan for the first time, beginning with
the Chiyo Maru. The paper, one page
of small size, was to be published, in
English only, at the printing depart
ment of the steamer, which left here
today. Gazette representative who
went on board the Chiyo prior to her
departure on the afternoon of the 18th