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BETROTHED
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The early joy or a ) 'ounl ; man and maid ,
' ' 'ho stand upon the threshold oC lICo's
'morn
Hand IInkqd In hand , whllo 0.11 Cor them
I Is Calr
I , Wllh rosy promille or n daJ' to be ;
Who know how each to each Is nll In 0.11 ,
So'eo.ch to ench Is or the other sure.
, Come' weal or woe , the sunshlno or th < <
rain.
'fhls thinsIs good. For even tho' It bo
'fhat the full promise or dawn Is un-
Culnlled.
I And winds nrlse' the landscape Calr to mal'
Dy mists and shadows no mnn may Core-
. sec.
} : , The perfect vision of the opening Itay
Remains tor them 11 blessed memory
Thro' ull the day , until al1 llght Is gone.
' Closed by the last chime of the curfew.
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I' , To have known thlt glory of dawn still
. mo.l < es the day
.lItore beautlCul thnn tho' It had not been.
I I Most happy they fOI' whom this time shal1
. provo
The first sweet muments or an ample
dayl -
. To those for whom , untll the morning
I . came.
Lite had been but n. twilight-time whereIn -
In
, Each had mo\'ed solltal' ) amid the crowd !
Lonel ) ' 1n spirit , 10ltely In heart . anu
mind.
The cominS' of this dawn makes all
things new.
For them the world Is ItS another worlll ;
They are themselves , yet not their former -
mer selvell.
' . . And halt-forgetCul ot all former hours ,
" 'Ith Lo\'e arisen they lIve 11100.0 no
more.
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When the wind came there was a
rain of maple leaves , weary and with.
ered souls swept from the grayed
. branches , falling to swift currents
near the ground where they swirled
in yellow hosts , raising upon the air/a
long sound of crackIlng cries , a curl.
ous Interminable nolso of dismay at
death , of fear of this Implacable sweep.
! ing force that came from the red
western sky which fiared like an army
, vlth lurid banners.
A girl came slowly down the path
that led through the maples. She
walked In II. dreamy way , following
uncqnsclously the mere indication of
a road , that summer path that had
been swallowed In the merciless hall
of the dead leaves. Finally , a man
stepped from the shadows. Ho was
emUlng as he put forth his hand.
"Hello , " he said.
When their hands clasped , she be.
gan to 1001 , at the dark distance of the
landscape , turning her face from him.
" \Veil , " he said at last , studying the
immobile face , still holding her '
"are you glad to see me ? I hand'i
turned 'esterday on the New Yorl , .
Very breezy trip. I thought I had
better- " then suddenly he threw
away all that and spolm qulcldy ; "And
'ou : ' husband ' ! "
She made a gesture towards where
three brlclc chimneys appeared In the
. , ' distance , looming above a rim of tre < : ,
tops. They both steadily regarded
these as it they were three person.
ages , three facts , emblematic exactly !
of a certain situation. He , with his !
cigarette now In his mouth , his hat
still tilted , clasping his hands , said :
. 'The Infernal Idiot ! "
She looled at him with a swift , reo
sentful glance , but he answered at
once , mallng a gesture or Irritation
- which was a sort of defiant outburst.
. 'Oh , I am tired of treating him with
magnificent respect , when , as a mat.
tel' of truth , he Is to me the most
stupid and dense beast In the universe
for not being dead. "
She was lifting her chin In a battle-
ful way and waving her fingers toward
his mouth. "But ho Is my- "
"Tho devil , " Interrupted the 'oung
man , violently. "Do you think that I
am not aware of It ? " He glared at
her with sullen rage.
Upon her face as she looled at him
there was a vague , Indescrlbablo smile
and In her eyes there were two faint
poluts of mellow Ilght. "Yes , you do
l\Oow It , " she said.
. Ho answered her attitude , the light
1n her eye ! ! . "You love me , " ho cried
, _ _ _ ' \ " : -l" " " _ ---ol ; : :
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Looming A eve a Rim of Treetops.
in discontented muttering , "and yet
you spcpd all your tlmo In guarding
the peaeo of that dutrer"-Indlcatlng
the three red chimneys with a con.
tetnptuou3 wave of his bnnd-"as If he
were a sacred whlto elephant of Slam :
and , as for me , I am to bo held olr with
flpcars for fear I might kiss th& tip of
your Ilttlo finger. And : ret you love
me , You are Incompr.hensllic , I
could kill him. And yet-rou--why
won't "au run &W111 with met"
When she repIled her volco had n.
subtle quaIlty ,0C , monotony In It as it
she were spe"aldng a lesson , uttering
some sentiment in which she had reso.
lutely schooled herself. "Ah , the sin.
You would never bo happy with a bad
woman. "
It seemed to make him furious. Ho
gazed at h blackly. ' ! A bad woman !
What rot ! You- "
Then she sUddenly aclcnowledged the
falsity of her speech. "No-no-no , I
didn't mean that , 'I ' didn't mean It , I
meant that I-I could never bo happy
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One Long Kiss ,
If I were a bad woman. I would be
afrald"-sho raised her finger and
pointed It mournfully at hlm-1 woull\
be afraid oC you. "
Ho laughed savagely. "You are as
wise as seven owls. It cannot be "r.
gued. It Is to be demontrated. Arc.
newal of my protestations oC love
would not be conYlnclng. " Ho burst
out passlonateh' , as If he could no
longer enlluro the weight of his hopes ,
his fears , his wrongs. "But why not
maIm an attempt for happiness ? You
love me. I love you. What Is there
In this Infernal enylronment that
should malw us value it ? What Is
there to suffice us If wo have not each
other. Nothing , I tell you , nothing. "
" 'Valt , " she said. "God'forglvo us-
It cannot bo long to walt now. "
"Walt , walt. 1\Iy soul is weary or
this waiting , " he answered. "Ho will
never dlo : he Is too selfish : ho wlII
see us both In our graves , I teIl you.
Is all our youth to bo worn threadbare
waiting for this selfish brute to shufllo
off ? " Ho looked at her steadlly for a
moment , then conilnued : "Do you
know that I bellevo that In splto of
the life ho has led you , y.ou love him . ,
now , moro than you do me. "
She was very whlto and the pain
In her eyes should ha o warned him.
"No , " ho said. "four 'ears Is long
enough to walt : long enough for you
to maleo up 'our mind. Do you know
that you have played fast and loose
" .lth me for four 'ears ? Four-Iong-
years ? Now 'ou must decide. WllI
you como with me , dear heart , wlII
you como with me ? Say-speak-wlII
you como to the shelter of my love or
do you send me away forever ? I wlII
walt no longer : I am determined :
choose-hlm- } 10 shoolt his
closed hands at the red chimneys. . . . .
"or happiness with me ! "
The girl shlycred and drew her capa !
closely nbout her shoulders. As sha
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moved a faint perfume of lavender
came to the man. Ho took hold o
both her hands with his and drew her
to him , eagerly , nzlng at her face , so
close to his ow1 , noting every feature ,
the small straIght no so , the forehead
low and broac1 , crowned with masse
oC darl , wavhll hair , the small rounded -
ed chin betath : the sweet trembllu
mouth ! AJ > .4 her eyos-her eyes , n , . .
darl , with tbo pain of this vnssl
which she felt was. mosterln her
She could feel his warm breath UPOI :
her cheelt8. Her hands crept u hiE
, arms and about his neck : she throVl
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her head back and as she dId-their' '
lips mot In one long Itlss ,
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The following' morning the man
'lwakencd WIUl u song upon the 1I1Is
that she bad kissed , As ho ( It'csse"
ho strutted as a SOlf'fllLtisfielt co l (
might strut while ho plumell hlm ott
In t.ho barn'ard. The ' were to leave
that night. Of course nothing could
prevent her going , now-"nothlnr ; but
deatll , " she had said. All the morning
he wns busy arranging bls , atralrs for
a long absence.
At noon came a messenger with n
noto. It was from her. How well he
Imow the gray paper and the daInty
writing ! Ho caressed the envelope be.
fore he opened It. "Why , I am gettlnR
as sentltnental aJ n woman , " ho said
aloud , laughingly. Then ho tore tbe
no to open amI this Is what lt said : !
"Forglve , forglvo me , my boloved. J
have chosen death. I could not leavl ! .
him and after yesterday there Is no
peace for mo but In death. Forgive
me , for I have loved you moro tImc
life. "
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The woman Idllcd hOI'self on Octo
her the ! Hh. lIeI' husband died ot II
long , lingering Illnl'ss on October lOth
Under the ma' les the man walked
and the llttle teaves of brown a lI !
'oIlow and these with the crlmsoI :
blots danced about him. The mat :
had grown old In two days , frost hac !
touched his temples and his face \Vat
gray nnd drawn. Ho loolted at the
red chlmnoys above the tree tops : h
held out his arms towards them , yearn
Ingh' , with a hatf.stlflerl monn. Tt } (
llttle leaves danced and flew in 'cloud'
before his eyes , they beat him UpOl'
the face : the ) ' seemed to run ana
jump before his sight , bIlndlng him
stinging him , as he held his arms to
wards tM red , cl lmneys.
WEALTHY MEN OF OLD.
Their Fortunes Make E..ven Rocke
feller's Millions Seem Small.
A writer In a Jewish magazine hil.I .
been looldng Into the Agadlc hlstor3
or the Talmud , and beHoves thai
there were richer men' hefol'o tht
Christian era than there arc now. Wf
l\Oow that Croesus was rich , and thaI
there were huge Roman fortunes It
the times of the empire. The'Talmuo
slorles go baeI , further still. Th6
great corner In corn that Josevh man
asod was fabulously profitable. Trn.
dltlon says that , Joseph , acting fOI
Pharaoh , got his hands on prett
much all the ready money there wa
In his day , and burled three enol'
mous treasures , one of which WM
found by I\orah : , whoso fortune estl ,
mated according to the modern stand.
ards ot value , Is rated by the maga.
zlne at three lllion dollars. Solo.
mon's stable , with Its horses , chariots
and horsemen , Is said to have lepre.
sented a sum the modern equlval nt
of which would be three or four hun.
dred millions , and he spent t'o hun ,
dred and flfty mllllons on his temple.
Herod's temple cost more stlll. In
Jerusalem In Roman times there were
three JewEl , who between them , fell
al > lo to face an expen lture of a hun.
dred mllliona a 'ear for twent.onG
'cars. They offered to feed the mil
lion Inhabitants of Jerusalem for that
length of tlmo rather than surrend01
the clt ) ' . Ono of these Jews , Nlko
demon , gave his daughter a dowry 01
$425,000,000. There wero. other Jews
of whose enormous wealth the Agl1dlc
history mal\Cs record.-HarDer'
Weeldy.
Juggling With Accounts.
John D. Roclccfeller , at a directors'
meeting In New Yorlt , was describing
certain methods of juggling with ac
co lints-certain de'el1t1ve ledger and
journal entries that flrms maIm when
the ) ' are about to fall dlshonestl . .
"Tho other day , " said 1\11' . Roc1wfel.
Icr , "I heard oC a woman who wOIIII\ \
have made an excellent account jug.
gler. This woman's husband al\\'l1)'s
left In her posseRlon ! ' ! a number of
blanl { sl1ned checls. She was free
to use these checlts , but ho required
from her a full explanation of the ex.
pendlture that had been made with
each of them.
'Ho was looldng over the stubs ono
day.
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'You say here , ' ho said , 'that checlt
No. 272 , for $25 , went for church ex.
penses. What church expenses were
Lhese ? '
" 'A new Easter bonnet , ' the woman
answered. "
Maranda.
- crescent moon lingers to greet the
morn.
The star of beauty smlllnA' In Its rays :
'l'he blnls sing low-as wooing tholr own
lays'
rho ) 'o ng Ma-blossoms tfeshenetJ
zellhyrs warn.
r.est closer touching win , not butJ , but
thorn ;
The all' breathes lover's breath on
fainting- haze ;
'Vhllo S11ence , eloquent wIth voice loss
pralso , '
3uartls weU the stillness-and the day Is
born.
fho poet's soul saw typo of this fair
hour
rn Imcred receRS or n UvlnA' heart :
Ita peE-rless . melotJy , Its bloom. Its Ilower ,
Its beaut ) , and Its m'sler ) ' IIro part
: > f hyrnnle music , telling of sunl'l/Jo
In the 50ft ahallows of n maltlen'a e'CII ,
-Mar ) ' M. Adams. from "Tho Song at
Midnight , "
Church Pews a3 Investments.
At Kirkham ( Eng. ) Parish church
Lho greater portion of the pew rents ,
Instead of swelllng the exchequer of
the church , go Into the pocltets oC prl.
vate Individuals , who , for the most
part , do not attend Lho burch or even
reside In the district. The peculiar
situation orlglnnted In 1R23 , when , to
meet ho oxpenses.ot rDbulldlng the
hurch , about forty pewl' ' ; and a few
organ scats were 1)lt Ill ) for auction
and reallzell amounts varying from
, $175 to ! i00. The church wardenr
uro endea\"orln ! ; to como to an ar
rmgement { 71th the pew owners wlt\ \
! 1 \"Iew to et"CurlI1g a larger share
Lbo reD s ( Oi tto benefU CJf Lho church
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'AS TO STANDING PAT
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WHY NOT , IF IT IS T.HE. BEST
THING TO DO ?
Th. Main Point to De Kept In Mind
I , That'There Shall Contlnue to Be
. Sure Market for AI ) , Producta of
American Labor OInd Industry.
A lowering or Import ( Iutl s on man. .
.tfnctured goods means n surrentler of
an Amerlcnn mnrltet , or a largo pl1rl
oC It , to the Iloople ot othcr lnnds , The
surrender ot the American 1)a1'I\Ot
would mean less employment and loW'
er wages and that the worklngmti
would not have sunlclont wngcs to eno
nble him to bu ) ' the best products of
Utu farm , With low wages be would
cease to bo n cOllsumer of beel , With
lower wages he could 110t IJ1trchaec
cfllcltells , butter and eggs , I.ower
schedules In the American 'l'arlff
wou1l1 bo dlsnstrous-whether th
10W01' schedule wer.o Introduced by
the Republican party or the Democratic -
cratic part . .
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There Is nothing the American man.
ufacturer so much needs as a cus ,
tomer. He can manufaeture all 'h'o
plellses , allli It ho does not hnvo some
0110 to bu ) ' his product ho wllI go Into
banlml11tey. The beauty ot the Ding.
le ' 'l'arlff Is thllt It assures the Amerl.
can manufacturer of a consumer.
Manufacturers do not have sufficient
capltnl to tal\O the rlsl , oC maltlag
goods " .lthout lmowln'g In admnco
that somebody 1s golns to havo. the
moans with which to bu ' ,
The Dingley law hns mn e the stoclt
IJ.nd corn growers of Iowa rich. It has
fumlshed these Ilroducers with n
hrlfty class of worltlngmen , In the
manufacturing centers , to buy tll'e sur.
phts products oC th fnrm. The worlt.
Ingman out of a job is of no sort of
help to the farme-r. 'rhls , vas llIus.
trat d during the last Cleveland ad-
mlnlstrntlon. There were 1 > lenty . oC
men to worl" but no work. to do.
Cleveland had been In office nearly
II. 'ear before the c\11 effects of Free
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ta1'1 renson for any ot the O oxcovt
th01 wanl to bo doing somethlng-
create lome sorl flf onsatlon , ThoT
wnnt to tallt loUd71 nnd rocelvo ape
plnuso trom unthlnJllllg mono
WhT not. let wpl ! enough alone1
'uBloc8 ! hA ! been so good that Wall
Street could not throw the country
Into II. panic , ThS Inqd novp exporl.
ence& ! I1n .thlng 111(0 It before. Iowa
WIlS never so prosl1eroU8" Her farma
are glowing , Hon tnctorlea are run.
nlng. 1101' railroads 1\1'0 busy , 1Ier ,
schools and colleges nre boomlni ; . 'Why
stop It all by new policies and uncer-
tnlntles ? Glvo old lawn a chdnco
Wo ouht ! to hnvo as much e1sC I.
prQporlty ns we hnd In ah'cralty ,
When ollr people were In 'adversity
they ull know what " , ao t to matter.
They Imow that they simply needed
sol'nobody to buy In order to put mcn
to worlt. Why struggle for change ?
-Des Moines Capital ,
The Farmer's ProsperIty.
"For the Amorlcan farmer to con.
tlnue his Ilrospcrlt ' by continuing the
marltct. at homo , where ho must. seIl
his products If they 11.1'0 to bo sold
at. his allvnutnge , the American lac.
tories , which tnle SO per cent , oC their
raw material from the American farm ,
must , bo Iwpt open and the 6,000,000
oporatlves In theRe faetorlcs whom
th American ( armor teods must be
Itept emilloyed. So for all the Amer
Ican people to continue their prosllor-
Ity the Amerlcnn home market must
be malntalncd. It can be malnLn\nell \
and ah ays w11l be , when wo lteep
our own wage earners at worlt , slYlns
them the money with whl h to buy
American articles of cominorco In the
homo marlet. It cannot be main.
talned Ie this country taltes the vrod.
uct or foreign wage earners , the tarut
barrier being leveled , In lllaco oC Umt
of our own wngo earners , who mus'
quit their employment when the
chenllor made output or the foreigners
mny como hero to underseIl the Amer-
Ican.mado output ot our own m11lo and
factories and shops.
The American people wllI determine
this cholco for themselves when the1
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Trade got around to the farmer. Finally -
ally the lacle of employment reduced
the farmers' marltat nnd fnrm prod.
ucts went clown In price because the
American farmpr was depending en.
tlrelY upon the foreign marltct lor the
sale ot his largely Increased surplus.
For a time the farmer smlIed at the
mallufacturer under the Cleveland ad.
ministration. Everything ho bought
went down In price and UIO effect not
having reached him , ho concluded that
the Ideal condition o trade for the
l < ree Trader had arrived. Ho conchld.
cd that his lIfo was to bo ono long
sweet son . But finalh : the paral'Bls
ot business In manufa turlng Indus.
tries rear.hed . : him and he concluded
that It waR not 11.11 . thAt hnd been pRint.
ed. Ho began to study the question.
Ho finally decided that his homo market -
ket was best , and that his homo .mar-
ket depended on the fuIl employment -
ment of the worltlngman. And he con.
cluded that the full emplo 'm nt of the
workingman depended on n Tarlft
high enough to keep out foreign made
' ; 00d8.
During the last Cle\'eland administration -
tration eveI1.thlng was prostrate.
Since that time every rallway bridge ,
every rallway traclt , .every railway
station , every viaduct , nearly every
publIc building , nearly every college
an'Jchuzch : , nearly every court house ,
nearly every school house , has been
rebuilt. The rotten ties hayo been
talten out ot the rail war tracks. .
Grades have been lowered , long Ilnes
have been straightened. The farms
have been eQulllped. with now houses
and barns , new scales and new elo-
vators. Every city has bad new sewers -
ers and new sldowalks. Practically ,
durlns the past eight years , every.
thing In the United States bas' been
rebuilt.
Yet there are pcople who want to
chn'llo : all this. They want to stop
It all. They want to rip everything
up. They want lower prices. They
are revengeful. They want to attlke
the 3teel trust and to hit t11e Btandard
( \ 1monopoly. \ . 1\Ian ) ' of them cIo not
Imow what the ) ' wallt , but they almpl ) '
want to deJtro ) ' . They want to stop
the saw m11ls and the rolIlng m11ls. I
They want to urn the workingmen
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\Jut C'n Ow streets for the Inclt of somo.
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vote ns between the RepubIlcan 'party
of protection , with Mr. Roosevelt Its
candidate tor President , and U10
Democratic party , with Judge Parlter
or any other' man It may nomlnnto.-
Now Yorl , Press.
Useleso Contention.
t Is a waste of words for Edward
Atldnson , the New York Journal 01
Commerce , nnd other worshlpcrs at
the shrlno of IUchard CoMen to en.
force the contention that unrestrlct.
II commercial Intercourse between
the States nnd 'rerrltorles oC the
Amorlcan Union lln. ! been oC great
advantage to the people ot the United
States. Of COllr8e It has. Nobody
disputes the proposition. But doeR
It follow that because free trade
among aUf own people has been a
good thing , theretoro tree trade with
11.11 . the world would bo as good a thing
for Americans ? l 'ar from It. Produc.
tlon In nny part oC the United StateR
necessltateiJ the employment ot ArneI"
Ican labor , the payment ot wages to
Americans and the dilitrlbutlon 01
these wages among Amorlcans. When
free trade openB tHo' gate and admits
to our marlteta competltlvo produc.
tlons from .abroad , preclBely the 1'0-
.verso Is tru01 Foreign labor Is em.
ployed , wages nro paid to foreigners ,
and the Ir.onoy ot Americans goes
abroad In.atond ot being l\Opt at home.
That Is the dltrerenco between tree
tra lo between our own people and
free trado. . . with forolgners.
The International Trust ,
Uflder the free trade policy , which
Democrats favor , the only survivors
among our American Industries would
bo these xowerful would.be monopolists -
lists which usually control the most
prof ta lo plants. These would then
bo In n position to safely unlto Wlt11
tholr brethren In otber lands In th (
creation ot n universal trust to doml
natQ the affairs of mankind , That thlf
is no Idle dream Is shown by the tacl
t e wlros transmit tell a synopsIs vi
the 8peech 0' Senator Dcl1lver the ,
brought also the news of a secrel
meotlnIn / London ol the grent stec :
manufacturers ot the world to form
In the steel trade a new trust ot ex
acUy that kln'J.-Cllnton ( Ind. ) CIIII
to I1.An ,
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John Shnnl Williams/ temporary
chnlrmnn oC the Democrntlc national
convontlon , Is the Democratic lender .
In Congress. 110 Is now serving Ids
fllxth term In the lIou8e from Uie
Eighth Mississippi district aud Is an.
eoquont ! slICalwr and ateen \ debnter. .
Mr. WlIIlams was born at Memphis ,
Tenn. , July 30 , 1854 , alld aftcr tho' '
battle oC Shlloh , where his father ,
confederate calltaln , was Itllled , the
famlly moved to Ynzoo coullly , Mis-
sissippI. Young Wllllams was educat.
cd 111 the Kentuclty MlIltary Institute ,
the Un\'er9Ity ! oC the South , the Unl-
"er9It . of Vlrglllia nnd at 1191delberg ,
G ( > rmallY , nnll acter studying law was
ndmlttod to the bar In 1877. Ho also
has oxteuslvo Interests as a cotton.
planter.
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J , ! ' tU77N II ( LI ? ' ? zim/V ; .
Martin W. Llttl ton , who made the
slJOech at the Democrntlc national
convention In St. Louis nominating
.Tudgo Alton B. Parlter , was elected $
l > resldeut of the horough of Brooklyn
111 1903. , lIe has heell a power In poll.
tics In New York for man ' years and
1mB n strong following. Ills llo sonal-
It , Is strlldng and ho 19 an orator oC
no menn nblllty.
RUSSIAS SINK WO SHIPS.
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Discover an Attempt of Japanese to
Enter the Harbor.
ST. PETEHSBURG.-A few nights
ago Admiral Togo attempted to 1'0-
IICat the Jallnlleso OXlllolt with tor.
pedo boats Ilt Wel Hale Wle during
the Chlnese-Japaneso war by sending
Lorpedo boat destro 'ers Into the harbor -
bor of Port Arthur ( or the purpose ot
slultlng ships at their anchorage , but
the attemllt ended In disastrous fall-
ure. Four torlledo lJont destro'ers
ucceedCll In cre ( > plng Into the harbor ,
which WIlS not prot cted by hooms ,
hut only ono eBcalled. Two were snnle
by the shore batteries and ono crip-
pled. The recltless braver ) ' oC the
.Tapaneso In going to almost"'ccrtaln
destruction' excites nothing but admiration -
miration here , The channel Ilt Port
Arthur. Is so tortuous and Btrewnvlth
wreclts without , that evidently It was
regarded as unnecessarr to use a
boom , On nccount of the dlfllculty
In getting Into the harbor the feat Is
loolted upon In naval circles to be fully
as daring as that of the Japanese at
Wel lIal Wel , where Japanese torpedo
heats In a storm and covered with Ice ,
were jumped over the boomB protect.
Ing the hnrbor and destroyed Chlneso
warships. So far as Imown the Japanese -
aneso torpedo boat destroyers did not
even succeed In launching torpedoes.
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, STRENGTH OF THE GARRISON.
Russians Have 40,000 Men at Port
: Arthur.
TIEN TSIN-Three J < 'renchmen who
arrived at Talm Thursday from Port
Arthur , having como O\'tJr In a Chi-
I neso junlt , report that 30,000 soldiers
I Bnrl' 10,000 marines compose the gar-
rlso11 of the Russian stronghold and
I that the RUBslans have mounted 700
I
guns on the heights north of Port
Arhur.
They sar also thnt the Russian to
I pedo boat destroyer Lieutenant 1Ju
I flotr bas made In all lour .trhls from
I Port Arthur to New Chwang.
Cashier Docs Not Break Bank.
SARATOGA , N. Y.-Tho citizens'
I National bank , which sutrered a heavy
I run Saturday , Is declared to bo sound
,
. and tully prepared to meet all obIlga-
tlons should small doposltors continue
I their demands. Los s by unfortunate
; Investments and alleged Irregularities
of Cashier John H. Do Rlddor are
.
placed at Crom $30,000 to $40,000. The
l American Surety company ot Now
I Yorl , Is upon Do Ridder's bond as
. . cashier to the amount oC $25,000 , Ilnd
has been officially notlfJed by the bank
to refund the amount , ,