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J 0 m I A ( V f \J in the Interee'of Dottglh® TOI. IXVII- NO 36 DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGY, MAY 18,1905. Une Dollar a Year feature of the BATTLE OF MUKDEN Brave Stand of General Nambu’s Men at Likwanpau. "WHI IE JAPS WON, ONE TO FOUB ■ Isst Cartritlgfe Fired, Even That Taken From Russian Dead and Abounded, bat Men ot Nippon Would K «* Motor Okoahi, While Seeking Aid, Was Mortally Wound- , . Sd—Wrote Note, Then Shot Hlmaelt. The Tokyo correspondent of the Lon don Times gives a feature of the battle of Mukden which must rank as one of the greatest feats of arms in history. The Japanese official report of March 7 contained the following: “This day our troops to’ok about two- thirds of Likwanpau. In the afternoon u <’i vision of the enemy made a counter attack, blit after a severe tight our men held their ground.” These few words refer to one of the most desperate conflicts of the war. Likwanpau is a village nine miles west of Mukden. Its capture formed part of the programme assigned to General' Oku’s army of forcing the Russians back from all tbelr positions southwest <of Mukden, thus masking the turning movement of General Nogi’s army. A brigade of the Nagoya division, under command of General Nambu, at- k tacked Likwanpau. The district is flat, affording no cover, and the ground, frozen hard, defied intrenchment tools, A rush during darkness offered the only hope of success. The Russian forces comprised four army corps and one division. General Nambu’s brigade ultimately found It self struggling against a whole army gjBrps, being outnumbered four to one, (nafrgfhen nevertheless persevered In their attack, forcing the enemy from house to house until two-thirds of the place^was In their hands. They then 6aw ^Semselves threatened with a com plete failure of ammunition. They had used every cartridge In the pouches of their fallen comrades and had used even the rifles and ammunition of the enemy’s dead and wounded. A mes sage must be carried to the division headquarters, but the regiment was surrounded. Its fellow regiment, up on which the maintenance of communi cation dgppndcfl r had been borne haqjj by sheer weight of numbers. i-ArAem&ga frLm the Ajoveg In mjtYiefltb, nouehi was wounded In three plates yet, supporting himself on bis sword, be called for volunteers. Three men dashed off by different routes to sum mon succor, among them Major Okoshi, He galloped safely through the village, but o:i emerging he fell fatally hurt b" slirapnel. It had been his hope to re, join liis comrades after delivering his message to General Nambu, or at least to meet his fate on his return journey, but now lie saw himself struck down in the act of riding away from the scene of the combat. Taking paper and pencil from his pocket, he wrote as follows: To General Nambu (Testament of Major Okoshi): Sir—That instead of fighting side by side with the colonel of my regiment and Its battalion commanders I have left the bat tlefield alone Is because, by desire of mj colonel, X was about to report the state of affairs to yon, I did not disregard the dangers on tha way: but, being unable to witness the straits to which my colonel and my comrades were reduced. It was my purpose to adventure my life In order to convey the facts to the commander of the brigade so that some means of suceor might be continued, after which I Intend ed to return to the field and share the fate of my brother officers and men. But I havfe been wounded on the way, and, to my bitter regret, I have failed to accom. pilsh my purpose. Therefore I am about to die In order to rejoin beyond the grave my comrades and soldiers under my com mand My right arm being wounded however, I cannot use my sword and must therefore have recourse to my pistol. 1 beg you to pardon this now. For all yoyr kindnesses through many years I thank vou with a sincere heart, and I pray you may acquire lasting military fame. Being exhausted. I find difficulty In writing, so I ask you to excuse my brevity. l as* you W OKOSHI. Major. Lying near was a soldier who was severely wounded. Major Okoshi In trusted the letter to him and then shot himself. Ammunition and re-enforcements ar rived in time, but the casualties In the two regiments had been 106 officers and 4,000 of the rank and file. Of the enemy more than 8,000 lay killed or wounded. The Nagoya division bad done its duty nobly; for, though It had not driven back the enemy, it had held in check a greatly superior force, which, if released, would have imper iled the turning movement of General Nogi’s army and might thus have changed the issue of the battle. A kanjo was subsequently handed to the division by Field Marshal Oyama. It ran thus: “On the 7th of March and continu ously until the 8th at Likwanpau you successfully resisted an attack by a force of the enemy many times your superior in numbers. In the desperate fteht with the numerous battalions sta tioned to guard Likwanpau you were not deterred by heavy casualties and inflicted enormous losses on the en- ROCKEFELLER AND HARPER. How the Oil King Became Interested In Education In Chicago. Dean Hodges of the Episcopal Theo logical school at Cambridge, Mass., tells in the May Outlook with some hu mor of the way in which Dr. Harper interested Mr. Rockefeller in the cause of education: They have a song among the univer sity students the first lines of which are as follows: There Is a varsity out In the west, Founded by capital, backed by the best; Headed by wisdom that knows no bounds. She’s making a w^iderful show, And others are longing to share the lot Of Chicago. CHORUS. John D. Rockefeller, wonderful man is he, Gives all .his spare change to the tf. of C. He keeps the ball a-rolling In our great varsity, He pays Dr. Harper to help us grow sharper, To the glory of U. of C. These two eminent persons, the man of capital and the man of wisdom, be came acquainted when Dr. Harper was the young and enterprising professor of Hebrew at Morgan Park seminary. Morgan Park is a suburb of Chicago. The seminary there was a Baptist in stitution, Young Mr, Harper gave it an international reputation by the en thusiastic manner In which he taught the Hebrew language. He Invented a new way of learning Hebrew; he es tablished a correspondence school; he edited a Hebrew magazine; he intro duced Hebrew into Sunday schools and women’s clubs, and he made Hebrew popular. This was a feat which had not been accomplished since the fall of Jerusalem. Incidentally the Semitic department and the seminary In gen eral needed money. Mr. Harper used to go into Chicago to get It. This was a task which he hated and for which even now, with all his mar velous success, hp has no liking. Upon the occasion of these financial forays he was in the habit of shutting himself up in a room for a silent hour of wres tling with his spirit, After that ex perience he went out Invincible, This business of raising money brought him into relation with Mr. Rockefeller, Mr, Harper showed him that there is no better use for a rich man’s money than co put it into a theological school, an admirable and true statement. Thus Mr. Rockefeller became Interested in education In Chicago. CASTRO’S PERSONALITY Characteristic Glimpses of Ven ezuela’s President. FOND OF DANCING AND GAY LIFE emv and finally, frustrating bis design, enabled the Third army to successfully carry out its turning operation. I con- vour achievement has been truly great, and I confer on you this k This'' is the division which had al- hill by wading tnroug hlgh . tacl ; th f e th elanchau isthmus. Every lands of the TC kanj0 for ftffiSt atSi but none so well J the two regiments of General Nam- Jiu’s brigade. TOGO AND HIS FIGHTERS. comr Japanese Admiral tlie Idol of Men—Zeal of the Officers. rtS iviffgprWIii.Ji'iai<iveli Ms U overcome his many difficulties and met his great responsibilities; says Lieuten ant Commander Albert Gleaves, U. S. TSi^m the New York World. Mr. Wil son, the English critic, says of him, re ferring to the action of Aug. 10, ’“He could not open his attack impetuously, is a fighter would love to do,” and thinks that In the second phase of the battle he was prevented from closing by the ulterior necessity of keeping his fleet interposed between the Rus sians and Kaiochau and Vladivostok. Togo is said to be the idol of his men, and his beautiful and pathetic speech to his torpedo -boat officers on the eve jf their historic midnight attack at Port Arthur will never be forgotten. And his men are worthy of their lead er. A recent writer has said of the Japanese navy: “The officers are very eager and quick to learn and can grasp at once the good points to be adopted and the bad ones to be avoided, but perhaps their chief characteristic is Intense de votion to their profession, In which all their interests seem wrapped up. The Japanese naval officer is as keen about and as interested in the exercises of peace, naval maneuvers, etc., as If at war and feels intensely the praise or blame of his superiors, the latter of which is never withheld if deserved. The warrant officers, petty officers and men are as good as can be found any where and emulate their superiors in zeal and devotion to the service. They are a sturdy, well built lot of men and very active and capable of great en durance.” ' Storehouse for Sounds. The Vienna Academy of Science has decided to set aside a room for the pur pose of establishing phonographic ar chives, in which are to be preserved the results of recent scientific researches, says a special cable dispatch from Vi enna to the Philadelphia Press. One section will be devoted exclusively to the phonographic records of all the lan guages and principal dialects of the world. Another section will contain records of the best musical productions. Man of Small Stature Who Rules With an Iron Grip, All His Enemies Being: Dead, Imprisoned or Exiled. When Boots Were New to Him. Strange Impromptu Balls at Ca racas—Popular With the Masses. There .seems to be hardly a month In which his excellency Cipriano Castro, president of Venezuela, is not In the black books of one or other of the world’s powers, says a correspondent of the London Mail. They told me In La Guayra, the port of Caracas, that this now notorious au tocrat was originally a muleteer and cattle smuggler down In the state of Los Andes. But he suddenly appears In the Caracas hall of congress in pat ent leather boots, which so amazed Se- por Castro himself (they wore no boots where he came from) that he was obliged to take them off and put them on the desk In front of him! On my way to see the president I no ticed an ascent on the tortuous journey of nearly 4,0C0 feet. Caracas has an al most perfect climate and a population of about 120,000. I was amused to see in all the big office buildings the notice displayed, “Politics are not allowed to be talked here.” Castro Is paramount now and has been for years. All his enemies are killed or Imprisoned In the dungeons tinder Maracaibo's old fort or else ex iled in Bogota, Paris, New York or London. How Castro started with an “army” pf twenty Three muleteers and smugglers; bow this force grew and grew; how he directed battles from a horse litter Where be was confined with broken legs—these and other episodes are but incidents In this wonderful man’s career. Everybody in the town speaks of him with bated breath—some of them pret ty boldly, for he was away in his little mountain resort of La Victoria, where he utterly disregarded cablegrams about International blockades and such like boresome things on the principle that “they will arrange themselves If -they- are let alone.’.’ Indeed, the presi dent will often disappear altogether, Ig&yinj/HAaddress at the American le SH . fl^glVfcVtBeffi no emfot'cbi?- certs, dances and bullfights. He fre quently retires to bed at 5 o’clock in the morning and receives visitors at midday In his nightdress. He Is a thick set, keen eyed man, much below middle height and with his Indian blood show ing most plainly. I do not think he is an inch over five feet, and he is stoop ing at that. And yet t>ere is the man who has conquered a country with a handful of mule drivers and has given sleepless nights to the diplomats of the world. He asks all his visitors many questions about the navy and army of their Coun try and fully believes that the one war ship he has seen In his life, the Presi- dente Sarmiento of the Argentine Re public, Is the most powerful battleship In the world. During our long and rambling con versation President Castro did not conceal his contempt for England and Germany, and I afterward heard he was unaware of the very existence of India and Australia. Often he will shave and dress himself In the presence of his visitor and then take the latter for a walk round the town when he has satisfied himself in his mirror that he looks his best in frock coat and silk hat. So you see there Is no “side” about Venezuela’s autocrat. Any one may approach him. He does, however, car ry a revolver In the outside breast pocket of his frock coat An assassin tried to shoot him once, but the presi dent lamed the man with a well aimed shot and then sent his own doctor to wait on the fellow., Often he will Invite casual passers- by Into the palace and give Impromptu balls, in which the stranger is amazed to see poor Indians in canvas clothes little better than rags and rough san dals side by side with brilliant uni forms, gold lace and orders. It Is al ways noticeable at puch functions in the palace that the president dances with short women and girls, for he is very sensitive about his diminutive stature. President Castro Is above all things fond of pleasure. An American officer on one occasion took him an important JAPAN'S NAVY SUBISRINE. The third section will contain phono graphic records of the speeches made telegram to his mountain retreat and by the greatest celebrities of our times, found him at an open air picnic danc- Jeweled Theater Caps. Society women In Paris are begin ning to reconcile the decorative Instinct with the dictates of good feeling by the use at the theater of close fitting jeweled caps in lieu of bulging con structions of flowers and feathers, says a special Paris cable dispatch to the New York World. Trackless Car Dine, A trackless interurban line, it is re ported, will soon be established be tween Buchanan, Mich., and Plymouth, Ind. The cars used upon this line will be of large size and run without the use of track or trolley, a gasoline en gine supplying the motive power. details of New Boats Hi l>y John P. Holland. The two new submarine^is for the Japanese navy which w4- designed by John T. Holland of Nark, N. J., and built under his direon* are not what are generally knowns"Holland submarines, of which thwt-ussians have five at Vladivostok a: the Japa nese several at Nagasaki-illt are en tirely new creations, vasUjmproved. capable of double the specof ihe old style of boats and equlpi^. with an instrument which, it is decked, makes submarine vision as aeewte as'that In the open air, says thCNew York Herald. ■- .MlEpte ' Mr. Holland declares <qdja#caljy that the submarines whuibear his name are not built accowlg to his plan at all, but from pltel which he condemned years ago rbsr testing them and finding them to i so faulty as to be practically useless,-, His new boats, says the Jventor, are seventy-five and eighty-seifc feet long respectively and of'sevt feet eight draft. Each has an inflated horse power of 300, one torpeditube. and is capable of traveling sixtpn knots an hour under water and fteen above water. “When I built the first Jolland boat It had an engine of fort-five horse power and a speed of nip knots Sub merged,” said Mr. HolUsd- “Then I built another model and feted it in the navy department tank in Washington. I found It such a flat, uBjualifled fail ure that I abandoned It. “The young lawyer whi acted as en gineer of the Holland*edrpany, acting Upon advice of some miguided niava} officer who knew even l«s of subma rlnes than he did, insistd upon using the plans I had condemn-d, and tha, so called Holland boat of tciay is the re suit. It, like all other sulmarines built j-o date, Is clumsy, cuubersome and practically useless for tny purpose. They lack the necegsarj speed and. what Is worse, are a soivce of danger to those manning 1 hem, for with the Sighting appliances in up it Is Impbs sible to judge distanugs c'<rrec>Uy. “I have with the aid an optician solved the simple probtm of seeing correctly under water, Ind this, 1 with the increased speed of ji new boat, should make It an import’ at factor In warfare. I am preparing plans now for the construction of a (submarine of 2,500 horsepower which should, travel fully twenty-five (knots in hour. The future submarine will the place of the torpedo boat, f .two which are about to!go \Ifi. a. iMr, Holland declinesrSp discldSe^the nature of the instrumew . by which op erators of his new style boats are ena bled to see accurately urder water nor will he tell where, when or for whom his proposed 2,500 horsepower boat is to be built. JAPAN'S WAR CAPTIVES Th.e Burden Imposed by Keep ing Russian Prisoners. heavy expenditukes entailed Prices ot Meat and Vegetables Have Nearly Doubled In the bast Few Months—Ciar’s Soldiers Hearty Eat ers, and It Is Well Nigh Impossible to Make Them Observe Sanitary Precautions. Aside from the tremendous burden of" the active campaign itself*- Japan must find herself saddled with a heavy indirect expense in caring for her Rus sian prisoners, says the Shanghai Mer cury. Already there are at the different prison camps—that is, the places which have been chosen as headquarters for receiving the prisoners — some 80,000 Russian captives, officers, privates and supernumeraries (these last, including a few women and several children), all of whom have to be clothed, fed and guarded, and if all Qf the Port Arthur garrison who are not to be permitted to return to Russia on parole are taken to Japan this number will be very ma terially increased, without taking into consideration any more who may be captured in other engagements. At JOHN PAUL JONES TRIBUTE. A Welcome to America’s Famed Na val Warrior. Welcome, oh, sacred dust, the deep blue sea That rolls between thy chosen land and thee No barrier proves, nor time nor birth nor race Can bar thy ashes from a resting place Beneath fair freedom’s soil that e’er shall be Kept sacred In this land of liberty. Though years and years have rolled their cycles o’er Our glorious land from east to western shore, And though to fall asleep from home thy lot, Thy name was ne’er and ne’er will be forgot. As through the stormy British channel s foam .... Thou comest (though long arfcexile thy home) Our flag” half mast, dip In old oceans deep, Whose restless waters round thy ashes sweep. Thy name emblazoned side by side shali be Deep carved on tablets of the brave and free With Washington and Lawrence, Gates and Perry, too, While stars shall glitter In the spangled blue. Will hear once more the ringing thundei tones And see again th’ Intrepid John Paul Jones, Cutlass In hand, shout In his daring might: "Surrender? No; I’ve not begun to fight! “Colum NOTES OFTHE RAILWAYS Surprise Signal Tests For Engi neers on Western Lines. E00FLESS OBSERVATION CAES. RABBITS TO RACE TRAINS. Ex- Minnenota Editor Develops an citing Form of Sport. Training jack rabbits to race against a train is the latest fail of Norwood Davies, managing editor of the Crook- ston (Minn.) Times. While on a train last summer Davies saw a large jack rabbit running even With the train, and mi self, says a CroolisTton (Sj|^g^r»peclal dispatch to thel Post. Since then he hast b^sji ^theritr 1 ^ like " ly and large spe«i%w»' S and 4,3 s been devoting much offhfe* ifae to training the animals. Hd now has two jack rabbits training so they obey his com mands fairly well, and every fine day when he has timie he lakes them out and races thenj against incoming trains. An assistant, stationed at the end of the course, bafs the rabbits. The speed of these animals is remark able. So far it has beea impossible to accurately time them, bat it is claimed that they can negotiate a mile a min ute. As the train approaches the animals become restless* and nervous and prance about, much like running horses at the start of a race. Up to the pres ent time the rabbits hare been trained to run only when a train Is approach ing, but Mr. Davies anticipates rac ing the jacks against Worses, (bicycles and motor cars. 9 Ocean Liner Only Carried One Letter. A curious result of the recent dislo cation of the mall service between Aus tralia and the United Kingdom Is shown in the fact, says the London Mail, that the mail taken to Adelaide _ _ _ by lie Orontes consisted of only one j tp e most skillful diplomats and men of letter. That was registered. * the world. ing under the trees with a lot of peas ants and pretty girls. “You cannot talk about business,” a high officer said. “See, his excellency Is dancing!” “Have you any notion,” the American said ironically, “when President Castro will stop dancing?” Castro’s right hand man threw up his arms with a gentle “Quien sabe, he has been doing it for the last five days.” Just then the president saw his visitor and beckoned him to approach. The girl hanging on his arm took the most important telegram and read It, whereupon Castro suddenly stopped the band and made a magniloquent speech about shedding his blood for the “sacred soli of Bolivar,” and so on. The girls shouted applause, while the dancers banged empty beer bottles on the tables to show their approval. An amazing man truly! Knowing nothing of military science, he has yet carried everything before him in bat tle. Though he has never left his own country, yet he has got the better of A Floating Hospital. The health dejjartmes of New York will soon be in possession of a luxuri ous boat intended for sYfloating hospi tal, says the Philadelpm Public Ledg er. It will be fitted tap with every thing the sick can reqffite and will car ry about 160 patients. 1 ’: In case of an epidemic the number can be'doubled without serious j crowding. There will be wards for any kind of contagious disease, constructed soys to be Isolat ed when necessajry. Tlie boat Will cost some $70,000 ahd i is built either for shallow or for deep water. Leisure Time of Japanese Generals. During the winter j ist passed Ja pan’s generals along thi Shakjhe river, In Manchuria, spent taeir time vari ously. “General! Nodzu,” according to Japanese newspapers, 1 “studied type writing. General Kuroki kept barn yard fowls. During the Heikoutai en gagement General Kudama ; scarcely slept at all for a whole week, but did not seem one whit the worse for his experience.” General Oyamg was re ported as- being “the sauie robust, mer ry hearted gentleman 4 s ever.!’ j l_ 4 Forty Fear Line In Life Insurance. The Sun Insurance company of Can ada reports this; result.of an investiga tion to find out at what age men take out life insurance, says the Insurance Press. Of a group of 4,892 policies, comprising three principal pjans, only 896 were taken after lie age of forty, less than 10 pet* cent. moderate estimate these three items of primary expense—namely, food, cloth ing and guards—cannot be much less than 50 sen (a coin worth about four fifths of a cent) a day, and at that rate the total which Japan will have to pro vide for one year’s maintenance of her prisoners of War is upward of 5,000,000 yen (a coin worth about 73 cents), and there is the disagreeable fact confront ing the Japanese government that it is probably impossible for it to use the labor of those prisoners In any advan tageous way. No wonder, then, that the people of Japan are grumbling at this heavy ex pense that Is added to their already onerous burden. The legitimate ex penses of the war they bear cheerfully as a matter of principle, although these have already reached a sum quite twice as great as that which was announced by the government at the commence ment of hostilities, hut there is notice able in the vernacular press a disposi tion to ask if the authorities are not needlessly coddling the prisoners, doing t^a much for them In a sentimental pelied to do something that shall at least contribute toward their keep, if not pay the _whole expense -thereof. Yet there is no open revolt at- the- ex pressed intention of their government to do what it can to make the Russian prisoners at least comfortable. Russians justly have the reputation of being hearty eaters, and they are not accustomed to the simple diet which is satisfying to the Japanese, so that e-ven If the prisoners aye kept upon a diet that to them might seem almost abstemious the cost of It would quick ly run away with three times the sum that Is sufficient to feed a Japanese prisoner. In the Japanese Jails It can hardly be necessary to spend more than 10 sen a day for the food of a native prisoner, who gets no meat, but little fish and absolutely nothing In the way of what a native of that land would call “luxuries.” With the Russian pris oners it is very different. To keep them well they must have a good deal of meat and other things that are never dreamed of In arranging the fare in Japanese prisons at ordinary times. To such an extent is this true that the prices of meat and vegetables have nearly doubled in the last few months. So that it will be seen at once 30 sen a day for food Is not. an ex travagant sum to allow per capita to those Russian prisoners. This leaves only 20 sen for clothing, medical attendance and expense of guards, a sum scarcely sufficient, and it Is quite likely that the estimate of 50 sen a day will be almost doubled when the bills are actually settled. Besides this burden of expense there is staring Japan in the face the grave danger to her people of an outbreak of disease among the Russian prisoners. In spite of every reasonable effort on the part of the Japanese guards it Is well nigh impossible to make the Russian prison ers take necessary sanitary precau tions. If an epidemic of dysentery or small pox or something f even worse should break out at any one of the prison camps it will have sad effects upon tbe Japanese people in the neighborhood and may Spread all over the country, and with the approach of warm weath er that danger will become a positive menace. It would be interesting to know just how the Japanese prisoners In Russian hands are faring. Exact knowledge is not available, and, be sides, the number cannot be compar able with that of the Russian prisoners in Japan, for no such disaster as the surrender of Port Arthur has befallen the Japanese. It Is certain, however, that a considerable number of Japa nese have been taken by the Russians, but where are they and how have they been treated? The disagreeable Im pression created at the time of the sur render of Port Arthur, when the dis parity between the number of Japa nese prisoners actually accounted for with the number that must have fall en into Russian hands became evident has not yet been removed and Is not likely to be effaced. Then welcome sacred ashes to bia’s shore!” Thy prized remains to mingle evermore With freedom’s soil. While dynasties and thrones . Shall be as things forgotten John Paul Jones Will be remembered—long as morning red Shall blaze the east and sparkles over head Bright stars In heaven’s dome of azure hue, ... . Where floats on high “the red, white and the blue.” —H. T. Eckert In Philadelphia Press. TALL PILE FOR SMALL LOT Denver and Rio Grande’s Scheme to Let Passengers See Lofty Scenery. Barnurn’s Old Sleeping Car Still on the Rails—Wireless Telegraphy on Moving Trains — Smoking Customs on Mexican Railroads. •The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad has been sub- - di 1 *V surprise” signal tests,. with "the pu)-a> pose of determining and improving the* standard of efficiency and safety in train operation on the line, says the Railway Age. . The only warning which the engineers had was contain-! ed in a general circular, sent out prYor - to the tests, urging all employees hot * to rely on “customary practice” in Case of doubt. The surprise tests not only Included the use of the semaphore sig nals, but whistle signals of all sorts, placing of rear end flagmen^ torpedo tests, burning^^jUwuwrthscsr^and safety-- signals of every kind. Since the tests were inaugurated the discipline of the enginemen has im proved, and General Manager W. A. Garrett is much gratified with the re sults. The Queen and Crescent rail road has appointed a train rule ex aminer for each division, whose duty it is to subject trainmen who fall in signal tests to a rigid examination on their knowledge of tlie'rules. Here after the words “Safety Before Speed” are to be stenciled in bright letters in the cab of eve»y locomotive where the engineer will constantly see them. 1 Toothpick the Name of Sixteen Story Building For San Francisco. “Deming’s toothpick” is what those who have seen the elevation call the tall, thin building which William H Deming proposes to erect on the north west corner of Grant avenue and Till man alley, between Post and Sutter streets, in San Francisco., Its prospec tive owner accepts the designation with pleasure, for the structure will not be like anything else in San Francisco The point to the toothpick is not oal, its height, but the additional and more wonderful faet that it will be only 36 by 25 feet in area, says the San Fran ’’in stllTWr'T»wp«fCt8 tbc'tiufitwng' will be peculiar. For . instance, within this extremely limited space room will be found for two elevators, a sftaircase and three offices on each of the fifteen floors above the store on the ground floor. Each of these stories will be ex act replicas, and the offices on each will measure respectively 11.3 by 16.6, 10.6 by 11.6 and 10.3 by 11.3. It goes without saying that one and all will have exterior light. Deming’s toothpick will be of steel construction and fireproof, with its walls in Califor nia sandstone having a granite effect. All this will be done for $75,000. Five Hundred Aotoa In a Race. In July 500 automobiles will be run from Chicago to St. Paul and back, The automobllists who will take part in the run will be from Chicago, Cln BLOW AT FOURTH OF JULY. CliicaffO Professor Says Independence Day Is Anar. 18. The Fourth of July is not really In dependence day, according to Profess or John Franklin Jameson, head of the history department of the University of Chicago, says a Chicago dispatch. By long research Professor Jameson says he has found that the declaration of the fathers was not signed on July 4. “A big mistake has been made about the signing of the declaration,” said Professor Jameson the other day. “It was decided on July 2 that a formal declaration would be drawn up, but it was not until forty-five days after ward that the document was actually drawn up and formulated. Our nation al day should come on the 18th of Au gust. The declaration was passed around over the colonies to be signed.” The Denver and Rio Grande Rail road company is now building a num ber of open top observation cars, to be attached during the summer ^south’s to daylignt trains running through the Royal Gorge, Grand Canyon of the Arkansas, Caififon of the Grand River and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. These cars have a seating capacity for seventy-two persons, low sides, but no tops, being entirely open, thus giv ing a free and unobstructed view of the scenery of the Rocky mountains. These’ cars will be completed and i>lac ed in service not latSr than June 1 of the present year. 'f 8 She cabdffse v&Icb. » the rrelght passes Tina, Mo., each day is perhaps th|e oldest car In use in Missouri,,says the Tina <Mo:)- HetaFI. - About thirty y. years ago it was a passenger coacbi^ but, being torn up In a wreck, ii^was purchased by P. T. Barnum, the great showman, who had it repaired and used it as a sleeping ca.r on his show train. After the death of Mr. Barnum the car was purchased by the Burlington and was put on the branch road which runs from Carrollton to Laclede. Its ap pearance shows that it is very old. It is perhaps the oldest and has the most remarkable history of any car in Mis souri. Among the interesting facts about the new Pennsylvania railway tunnel and terminal in New York are these, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger: Total cost, $60,000,000, in addition to the $10,000,000 for the station site, on which were about 300 dwellings; daily train capacity 900; passenger accom modation daily, 200,000; men at work, about 10,000; time required for trip un der the Hudson, two minutes. In pro jecting this enterprise the engineers be lieve they have solved all the problems which baffled the most daring engineers of twenty-three years ago. t \ Tiny Steam Engine. John H. Cunningham, a jeweler of Eaton, Ind., has constructed what Is believed to Be the smallest engine In the world, says an Indianapolis dis patch. It stands on a five cent piece, and so small are some of its parts that a magnifying glass Is necessary tf> dis tinguish them. It is run by steam and operates at a remarkable rate of speed. The screws that hold the parts together are made of needles, and the threads are so fine as to defy the naked eye. The boiler is made of a part of a hand bicycle pump. The striking boxes are packed with lint scraped from silk thread, cutton being too coarse for the purpose. Novelty In Ply Paper. Preparations are being made In York, Pa., for the manufacture of an im provement in fly paper which, it is thought, will fill a long felt want, says the Chicago Post. In this the comers of the sheet are scored so that they may be interlocked, and in this manner a pan is formed which will prevent much of the mischief which the old form of fly paper is largely famous for. For instance, if the paper blows from its place on the table or window ledge and falls on the floor the sticky side cannot come in contact with the car pet or furniture on which it may fall. Perjury Said to Be Increasing. In a decision handed down a few days ago the supreme court of Kansas took occasion to point out the far reaching and deplorable consequences of perjury. “It is the opinion of ob- In Mexico the railroad authorities put on Pullman cars for the fastidious who* can afford to pay the charges and give no attention to the conditions in the common coaches, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. An official of the Rock Island system says that on Mexican lines “men, women and even children smoke in every part and section of the train except the Pullmans. The men mostly smoke cigars, and the f women and children of all ages inhale ciga rettes.” The trainmen take It as 1 a mat ter of course, although the tobacco smoke* in every car would chokc^aur American. Experiments at Purdue university, Indiana, have in view the use of wire--, less telegraphy for running.-trains. The idea is to enable a- train dispatcher to communicate directly with the locomo tive engineer at any time. Many of the stops of a train are to enable the engi neer to get orders through the* station agent, and accidents have resulted from a failure to stop for such orders. Railway Carriages transformed into ambulance compartments for the use of passengers who are taken 111 have been provided on the Prussian railways for express routes. Tree Culture In Western Kansas. More than 10,000 trees will make glad the rich tree barren plains of Sherman county in Kansas this year, says the Goodland News. These will be the 1905 addition to the thousands that already dot the fields and surround the homes of our people. Tree culture in western Kansas has passed the ex perimental stage, and all doubt as to, its practicability has passed away. I People now buy trees not with the fear| that it is a mere gamble, but from the: standpoint of a gilt edged investment.! They see that such improvements add! A servant and though rful lawyers,” said ! not only to the value of their farms, clnnati, Louisville, ir>d»"P«poi<«, St tha court, ‘‘that perjury is increasing i but to the beauty and comfort of their Louis, Omaha and elsewhere. at an alarming rate," _ ^ homes. i K. at