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WATERBTOY EVENING BEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1904.
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A FEW, BUT CHOICE
We still have a few 2 and 3-piece
M E N'S SUITS
left. Every suit on our tables is
new. fresh, this season's make of
Unexceptional, Desirable Patterns.
$6. 98 and $9.98
Worth IO and $15.
R. R. HARDER CO.
FISHING
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SAMOA
A.N INTERESTING DESCRIPTION
, OF A NATIVE CATCH.
How Our Fellow Citizens in Tutuila
Keep the Larder Filled A Fieh
Line Made of Plain, Palm
Leaves.
THF LIQUID MOON
SHINE OF MISSOURI
It is no generally known that con
siderable moonshine whiskey is made
in southwest Missouri. Detective
James Rosen of Carthage has arrest
ed several proprietors of illicit stills
recently. V,
Mr Rosche says that Missouri moon
shiners make big profits as long as
Uncle Sam lets them alone. He says
they "take one gallon of cheap, black
molasses, which costs about 30 cents;
two bushels of meal, at an average
cost of 65 cents per bushel, and some
water. This made into a mash; al
lowed to ferment, and the stuff then
goes through the process of evapora
tion. This amount of molasses and
meal, with a sufficient amount of water
added, makes forty gallons of, moon
shine, which Is sold for $2 per gallon.
The men who engage in the illicit dis
tilling of whiskey are usually' Of the
more ignorant class; that is, they are
uneducated, but what they lack In
book learning they make up in shrewd
ness that cannot be learned in school.
Most of the men engaged in this busi
ness are desperate fellows and do not
hesitate jto defend their liberty with
the use of guns." Kansas City Jour
nal. - V "
Pango-Pango, Island of Tuttiila.
'Talofa', it is the fine day for fish,"
and the Samoan fisherman- turns a
practiced eye upon the floating clouds.
The deep bay lies calm and unruffled
in the soft, hazy glow, which tells to
the experienced fisher that the prey
rides high and now is the appointed
time for the sport.
The inhabitants of , some of the ad
joining huts are loitering upon the
beach. Storms have been raging for a
few days past and a subsistence of
bananas and bread fruit has begun to
pall.
At the repeated assurance of the seer
the older women scamper for the
JAPS' LOSS REDUCED
Russians Report 2,800 Killed
and Wounded.
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We've Got You!
You can't gat away from
us when It comes to good
stories. We fill the bill
from the reader's stand
point. We've Got a
NEW SERIAL
A DeltctlT, Story That BmIi Old
Sherlock Bolmet ill Every Way..
It is the story of an amateur detec
tive who detected and brought to
Justice the most ingenious band
of criminals ever known to fiction.
The story is entitled
Scoundrels 4 Co
By COULSOH KERN AH AN
Here are a Pew Lines About, the Author He has
been prominent for years as a novelist and essayist, and
is the author of a number of Interesting books, among
which is " The Child, the Wise Man and the Devil," of
which some half million copies were sold. Others of his
stories are: "Captain Shannon," "A Dead Man's Diary,"
"Sorrow and Song," "A Literary Gent," and others.
His bqoks have been translated Into French, Dutch,
German, Norwegian, Polish, and in fact practically all
the languages of Europe.
li
(Sit Co.'9 is One of His Best
Stories IT STARTS SATURDAY
A FISH LINE OF PALM LEAVES.
"fish line." This present to the un
tutored mind something of the appear
ance of a monster apparatus for shoo
ing flies, for window decoration, for
anything almost before a fishing trap.
The women come dragging it behind
them, a rope of twisted palm leaves,
perhaps 20 or 30 feet long. The stems
are twisted into a thick rope, while
the leaves hang massed below in a
sort of heavy fringe.
The women grasp the ends of the
line, thef children gambol gaily in front
and the men bring up the rear. To a
slow chant they move into the water,
the heavy rope of leaves sweeps out
behind in a great semi-circle, the
frightened fish dart from side, to side,
seeking an opening in the heavy hang
ing mass.
On they sweep, sometimes the water
nearly over the heads of the women,
while the children, little water animals
that they are, dive and swim like the
fish about them.
The path lies across a narrow neck
of the bay. As they reach the farther
side the fish grow more frantic, leap
ing and dashing madly through the
water. The men are scarcely less ac
tive, seizing with nimble fingers those
adventurous ones that have forced
their way through the dragging trap.
The women plod slowly on, shoulders
bent to the weight of the catch and
anxious only to land a goodly number"
upon the bank.
The children catch the smaller fish
in their chubby hands and eat them
greedily.
This part of the performance goes
hard with the prejudiced stranger, but
is probably different in no way to the
satisfaction we derive from a fine fresh
oyster.
Finally, with a shout and a scram
ble, the shore is reached, the seine is
Seneral Kurokl'a Scouts Have Ap
peared South of Llaoyangr, In-
aumiium a. General Flank
Movement on Halahengr.
LONDON, July 15. Advices from St.
Petersburg say that the people of St.
Petersburg retired last night in a hap
py frame of mind. The absence of a
dispatch from Lieutenant General
Stoessel, commander of the military
forces at Port Arthur, regarding the
reported disaster to the Japanese is
generally attributed to the delay in
communicating official news owing to
the absence of the emperor.
Private dispatches received in St.
Petersburg from Busslan sources in
the fareast confirm the reports from
Mukden and Chefu. According to a
usually reliable source the Japanese
losses were 2.8QP and the Russian losses
1,800.
The city remains in a ferment of ex
rftement, and extras are eagerly bought
inp in the hope of finding the long ex
peoted dispatch from General Stoessel.
It is quite certain that there Is no
disposition in any quarter in St. Pe
tersburg to question the truth of the
news. There is a general conviction
that as Viceroy Alexeieff decided to
communicate the report to the general
staff it must be true.
The war office had some hesitation in
giving out the dispatch owing to its
dubitative wording. It is contrary to
the custom of the war office to publish
statements made with such reserve as
Viceroy Alexeieff thought fit to adopt
The rejoicing in the Russian capita
is increased by a foreign dispatch con
firming the Japanese reverse. The
question is eagerly asked if the Rue
sians took advantage of the Japanese
discomfiture to follow up the blow and
inflict a crushing defeat, with possibly
the capture of the siege guns.
The news that the Vladivostok cruis
ers and torpedo boats were out again
filled the Russian ctip of Joy.
Emperor Nicholas and Grand Duke
Michael have arrived at Samara and
were cordially welcomed. The em
peror reviewed the troops under or
ders for the far east and then visited
the cathedral.
The Russian outposts apparently are
not offering serious resistance on ei
ther of the Siuyen roads or along the
line of Genera Oku's advance. There
may be a slight collision at Tangchi,
w la ere General Kuropatkin probably
has stationed his left wing rear guard
The Japanese are utilizing Kaichow to
land supplies.
General Sacharoff also reports the
appearance of General Kuroki's out
postB considerably south of ' Liaoyang.
This is an indication of a general
flanking movement on Haichettg.
The Japanese northern outposts are
aiming ujk tc on KtumnTsan. prooaniy
due to pressure on the part of General
Rennenkampff.
A Tokyo report says that the Japa
nese have occupied Yinkow and that
the 300 Russians who wire in the
town escaped with difficulty.
STORY OF UTILE JO
A LOVABLE CHARACTER OF THE
WESTERN PLAINS.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
FOR ' ; 1
li SATURDAY and MONDAY
xbb oecret ox a xiize Jeveaiel in a
Trunk Full of Letters Ruby
City's Broncho Buster
Was a Girl.
FREB
SAVES HUBBY FROM BULL.
Farmer's Wife Arrives with Pitchfork
Just in Time to Prevent a Se
rious Catastrophe.
Mrs, Stephen Haines, of MorWstown,
N. Y saved the life of her husband,
a farmer, from a mad bull by brave
work. The bull, a ferocious Guernsey,
had been chained in the orchard near
the house. It did not like the restraint,
and, after plunging for awhile, man
aged to break loose. Fearing trouble,
Mr. Haines hurried after the animal.
No sooner did it see Mr. Haines than
the bull lowered his head and charged.
Mr. Haines succeeded in eluding the
bull for awhile, but was caught and
tossed into a tree. He could not retain
his hold to the branches and slid to
the ground, when the bull at once
gored him and slashed his clothing to
shreds.
Mrs. Haines, hearing her husband's
cries, seized a pitchfork and ran out
Just as Mr. Haines fell to the ground
insensible, while the bull stood over
THE CHILDREN ATE THE FISH
RAW.
whipped in and dozens of fish are
thrown high upon the sand. '
After this has been repeated a. time
or two, or until a sufficient supply for
the community has been gathered to
gether, comes the task of roasting the
catch.
Some holes are dug in the sand, fire
is then kindled and theh the holes are
filled with smooth stones.
After the stones have become red
hot they are carefully dragged out, the
fire extinguished and the fish, cleaned
and wrapped in thick leaves, are put
into the holes, covered with the hot
stones and left to roast.
The cooking is seldom carried to the
extent feauired by an alien palette, as
the flesh is still moist and only about
half done. The feast is declared read;
and all fall to with a relish born of
labor and fasting.
These fishing parties usually take
place once or twice a week, and thv
fire built at that time does service foi
all the community. Bread fruit, taro
and bananas are baked and behold the
housework is done for several days to
come. ,.
ANNA H. CLARK.
Growth of Electric Traction.
The electric railroads last year car
ried three times the population of the
world. The care ran three times the
distance between the earth and the
sun. The capital invested is twice as
much as the United States bonded
debt, and the gross earnings are $250,
000,000. Taxes are paid amounting to
113,000,000. Philadelphia Press.
ATTACKED THE BULL FIERCELY,
him and butted him. Only the fact
that the bull's horns were far apart
prevented it from killing Mr. Haines.
Mrs. Haines attacked the bull fiercely
with the fork until the prongs broke
off. She then clubbed with the handle
and fought for her own life as well as
thai; of her husband. A fortunate
blow on the tip of the nose stunned
the bull, which then left.
Mr. Haines, though badly hurt, is
not seriously wounded. He will not
kill or sell the bull.
"The critter's too valuable to let go
for any little thing like that," he said.
Vast Fortune in Medals.
The gold contained in the medals,
vessels, chains and other objects pre
served in the Vatican 1 would make
more gqld money than the whole of
the present European circulation.
No one knew quite where he came
from. All they could remember
about him was that
hehad one day
tramped' into Ruby
City, said he was Jo
Monogan, and that
he meant to dig for
gold. Jo was as un
like the ordinary
gold seeker is it s
possible to imagine.
He was small,
standing scarcely
five feet in his high-
heeled boots
Strangely enough
the diggers received
him with more
kindness than they
usually meted out
to strangers. They
regarded him as
a tenderfoot, and
dubbed htm "Little
Jo."
Like everyone
who came to Ruby
City in those days.
Little Jo" first tried
his fortune at gold
digging. But he
soon found that his
strength was not
equal to the work.
Next he became a
shepherd. The life
was lonely, but he
Ml-ert it e n the rcore
for this; he wanted
think of the past.
Yes, "Little Jo" had
a "past" a "past" not many years gone
be when all Buffalo had sighed in vain
for one dance, or one word from the little
shepherd.
Those days had gone, only their re
membrance clung to him like a terrible
nightmare. ,
For three years he earned his living as
a shepherd. Then, wearying of the life,
he returned to Ruby City, and there
found employment as a stableman.
He learned to ride. In a few months
there was not a cowboy in all Idaho that
couia equal mm in borsemansbip.
No horse could be found sd wild and
vicious that would not soon become do
cile when "Little Jo" bestrode his back.
For miles around his fame extended, and
to this day many a camp-fire yarn is
spun, telling of how "Little Jo" broke In
the wildest "bronchos," or tore fearless
ly across the plain upon 4 writhing
"buck-Jumper."
But fame did not please "Little Jo."
A few miles west lay a rachlng town,
called Rockville; thither he repaired and
invested his savings in a cattle ranch.
Years went by. Instead of becoming
more intimate with his neighbors, "Lit
tle Jo" shut himself out almost entirely
from their society. He worked on his
ranch, seldom riding into Rockeville ex
cept to meet the mail coach.
Sometimes it brought him letters.
And the rough ranchers would see his
face light up, as seizing them, he galloped
to his little cabin, there, alone, to read
and sometimes weep over them.
One day "Little Jo" failed to meet the
coach. There was a letter for him.
Feeling sure that he must be ill, two of
his fellow ranchers volunteered to take
it to him.
Arriving at his little cabin, they
knocked at the door. No one answered.
Again they knocked. Still not a sound.
At last they burst the door open, and
stepped inside. , ,
On a rough bed they found "Little Jo"
dead.
That afternoon they searched his cab
in. Under his bed a worn trunk full of
letters was discovered. Bit by bit, his
whole sad history was disclosed.
Many of the letters were old, written
SO years ago, telling of a society girl at
Buffalo, of an engagement, a clandestine
marriage, an angry father, and, lastly,
of a deserted wife. And furthermore,
they spoke of this girl's prbie, and her
determination to earn her own living;
and how, finding herself handicapped
through being a woman, she had donned
man's clothes, and changed' her name
to Jo Monogan.
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TWO BOYS DROWN A BABY.
Carry Infant Away In a Potato Sack
and Deliberately Throw It
in Water Butt.
A remarkable case of Juvenile de
pravity is reported from Sery. in iae
department of Aisne, France. M. Ger
main and his wife went out on Wednes
day, leaving their one-year-old son in
charge of the eldest girl, named
Adrienne, aged 12. Seeing that the
baby was asleep, she went into the
village for some milk, and in order not
to wake the child got out of the win
dow, leaving It open.
She had scarcely disappeared when
two little boys, named Maurice Herln
International Amenities.
The newly-rich American looked
across the table at the faded and shabbily-dressed
Englishwoman who she
thought was trying to snub her, and it
was plainly a hostile glance. "You ad
mire this diamond," she said to her next
neighbor, in an unnecessarily loud tone.
"It is handsome, I think. I bought it In
London at one of the pawn-shops where
the English royalty dispose of their
ornaments in times of need." Her
glance again rested on the face across
the table. "I have no doubt of it," said
the eseasperatingly soft and clear Eng
lish voice. "Our best people sometimes
sell, but they never buy in pawn-shops,
madam." Youth's Companion.
PUT THE BABY IN A BACK.
and Jean Bideaux, each aged six, who
were playing close by, entered the
house by the open window. Finding
the baby asleep, they put it into an
empty potato sack, which they pro
ceeded to stuff with grass, and then
carried it between them to the water
butt outside the house. They threw
the sack into the butt, and then scamp
ered away. "
When the sister returned she was
astonished at finding that the baby
had vanished, and after several hours
search found it drowned in the water
butt. As .the boys had been seen near
the house, the mayor of the village
sent for them, and in the nresence at
the horrified parents they related what
they did, though they were apparently
unaware that they had done anything
wrong.
Water That Petrifies Sand.
Extraordinary qualities are pos
sessed by the River Tinto in Spain.
It hardens and petrifies the sand in its
bed, and if a stone falls in the stream
and alights upon another in a few
months they unite and become one
stone. Fish cannot live in its waters.
All Fixed.
"Twenty minutes for refreshment!"
bawled the guard, as he passed down
the platform. The little girl with the
blackberry jam on her chin hailed
him. "You needn't stop the train on
our account," she said, timidly. "We're
going to eat ours in the cars." New
Yorker.
DO AS THE ROMANS DO.
One of the Strange Effects of Life ii
Rome on the Temporary Vlsitof.
The strangest thing obout life ig
Rome is that one not only does as the
Romans do, but ends by thinking as
Romans think and feeling as
the Romans feel. The best illusM
tion I know of this is the nientai at
titude of the foreign residents toward!
certain superstitions, notably the be
lief in the evil eve the
Jettatura, as it is indifferently known.
never Knew an Italian who did
not hold more or less to this superHti
tion. Americans who have lira
in Rome either reluctantly admit thai
"there does seem to be something i
it," or, if they are Roman born, quiet
ly accept it as one of those things im
heaven and earth of which pbiiisoph
iaus cage account.
In certain respects the Italian Ii
markedly free from superstition a
compared with the Celt or the Sef
ror instance, the fear of ghosts of
spirits is so rare that I have nevM
met with it; on the other hand, the bei
lief in the value of dreams as guide
to action is deep rooted and wideS
spread. The dream book in some fanofi
ilies is held hardly second in impor
ance to the book of prayer. The
Italian's eminently practical natucei
makes him utilize his dreams in
"playing the lotto," as the buvinsr. ofc
lottery tickets is called;
To dream of certain things indicaJH
that one will be lucky and should
play. The choice of the number 1
the chief preoccupation of the has
ed lottery player. It is decided ItvJ
the oddest chance by the number
on a bank note that has been lost and:
found again, or the number of a eb;
whioh has brought one home from de?'
lihtful festivity. Century.
WHY EXGINBER CRIED.
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Fable of Man and Rooster.
Once there was a man who was awak
ened every morning by the crowing of
his rooster. This so provoked him that
at last, putting hi head out of the win
dow, he shouted: "Miserable creature!
Is it not enough that you crow by day?
Early every morning you crow and
crow until you cause the sun to rise.
Then I have to get up and work. If you
do not keep quiet in the morning I shall
certainly wring your neck." And so be
did, but too late he found that the sun
rose from other oauses than the crowing
of A rooster. Washington Star.
Snappy.
"I may be wrong," said Miss Bella
Kose, with fire in her eye, "but it looked
to me as li you meant to oaas ma iuat
now without speaking."
"Well," began Miss Snobley, 'l er
really"
"Oh, if you want to cut me you can da
it, for you've got the hatchet face to do
Wius, susg Enough. "Indian&nolia
TJp-to-Date.
"Stand pat!" yelled the player, who
was coaching.
"What does he mean by that?" asked
the inevitable girl in the grand stand.
"That's the correct form now for 'hold
your base,' " replied the indispensable
young man. Chicago Tribune.
Extreme Politeness. '
The French have a certain reputa
tion for politeness to womankind, but
they would be put to it to oWo the
politeness of the scare head-line of a
London evening paper, which reads
thus: "Charge Against a Lady Convict."
Her Way.
A woman's way of saying to the
minister that she would like to whale
her boy, who has Just knocked over
the water pitcher, is to declare: "Dear
little chap; he is so full of innocent
spirits. "N. Y. Press.
Gives What He Doesn't Heed.
Willie Pa, what is a philanthropist,
anyway?
Pa A philanthropist, my son,, is
merely a man who has more money
than he can possibly use himself
Indianapolis Star. .
Too latent Upon It.
"Some folks," said Uncle Ebon, "Is
so partie'lar 'bout givin' de devil his
due dat dey fohgits Jar is a heap o!
hones' an' well-meanin' people needin'
a little incouragement." Washington
W&1 :'T
"Yes. indeed, we hav soniA omr
little incidents happen to us." said thetW
fat engineer. "Queer things happee43
to me about a year ago. You'd think it
queer for a rough man like me to cry
for ten minutes, and nobody bin
either, would you? Well, I did. and 1
can almost cry every time I think of 1
I was running along one af tern
pretty lively when I approached a Mm
tie village where the track cuts through
tne streets, i slacked up a little, bail
was still making good speed, vien sud
denly, about twenty rods ahead of me,
a little girl not more than 3 years old
toddled onto the track, i'ou can't ev:
imagine my feelings. There was no
way to save her. It was impossible
stop or even slack much, at that d
tance, as the train was heavy and the j
grade descending. In ten seconds tt
would have been all over, and after r
versing and applying the brake, I shut
my eyes. I didn't want to see " any
more.
"As we slowed down my fireman
stuck his head out of tho cab window
to see what I'd stopped for, when ha
laughed and shouted at me: 'Jim, look,
here!' I looked, and there was a big
Newfoundland dog holding the littlefc'
girl In his mouth, leisurely walking t
ward the house where she evideni
belonged. She wag kicking and cryir,
so that I knew she wasn't hurt, and t h
dog had saved her. My fireman thong!
it funny, and kept laughing, but I crt'
like a woman. I Just couldn't help It
I had a little girl of my own at home.
Galveston Tribune.
THE FINAL PROOF.
Because several grains of rice drop
pod from the band of his hat as b
hung it in the rack of the railroad
car all the other passengers at one
concluded that he and his fair cora
ponion had just been married and
were bound for their honeymoon tri
A strict watch was, therefor-?, kept
the couple during the remainder
the Journey from Camden to Atlantt
. : . . - i i j . . . . . .
ii.jf. uur iuu rne Tuooermg" cease
as they emerged from the car and
walked briskly down the platform,
The most diligent of the neck-strainers,
however, failed to discover ait
undue affection in the actions of the
couple, and began to wonder whether
they really were bride and groom m
whether the rice had got into thfc
man's hatband by accident
One person satisfied himself on this)
point. He had occasion to board tj
trolley on arriving at the shore, ind
to his agreeable surprise, the coupl
wiio had attracted so much attentions;
in the train instantly took seat di
rectly in front of htm. Instantly h
knew that they had Just been mvm
ried. The man had negleeted to tatot
card off ids natty business suit andfe
there it stood sewed on tight to th;
back of his lapei and published to the
world thus:
Lot X24897.
A Size SB.
Price 12.98.
Nobody but a newly married vuftlP
would forget such au, important thinsl
as that Philadelphia Telegraph,